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影子 yǐngzi

影子 yǐngzi Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 4 English Translations of the word 影子 yǐngzi .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yǐngzi | ying3 zi5
English translation
shadow
reflection
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Traditional form

影子 yǐngzi

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 影子 yǐngzi

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yǐng

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shān represents the meaning and Jǐng represents the sound. The shān component depicts lines of shadow.

Phonetic compound

Jǐng

Semantic compound

shān

Positional decomposition

景彡

Number of Strokes

15

Type

pictographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a small child with its two arms outstretched.

Positional decomposition

了一

Number of Strokes

3

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Example sentences using 影子 yǐngzi

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然而 ránér ,身上 shēn shang lǎo 有点 yǒu diǎn huài 名声 míng shēng de 影子 yǐngzi .

Yet a faint air of disreputability always clung to him.

zài 尼日尔 Ní rì ěr de 泰内 Léi 沙漠 shāmò Zhōng , Zhāng 滑翔伞 huá xiáng sǎn zài 沙丘 shā qiū shǎng tóu xià le 影子 yǐngzi .

A paraglider casts a shadow over the dunes of Niger's T é n é r é desert.

shù de 影子 yǐngzi yìng zài 地上 dì shang .

The tree casts a shadow on the ground.

zài mèng Zhōng 看到 yǒu liǎng de 影子 yǐngzi .

I made out two dim shapes in my dream.

děng le 半天 bàn tiān Lián 影子 yǐngzi méi 见到 jiàn dào .

I waited a long time , but not a soul turned up.

影子 yǐngzi Decomposition

See the 5 Chinese characters that make up 影子 yǐngzi and their own compounds.

影子 yǐngzi Compounds

See all 81 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 影子 yǐngzi in their composition.

  • yǐng
      • hǎo
        • nāo , hào
      • xiǎng
        • dūn
          • dūn , duì , tūn , dūn , duì , dūn , duì , , , , , , , , dùn , , , , ,
        • guō
        • shú
        • chún , chún , chún , zhūn , guǒ , dūn , duǒ , tūn , guō , tūn , rún , , chún , , , , , , , , zhūn , , , chún
      • yóu
      • zhuǎn
        • càn
          • chán , chán , zhàn , chǎn , ,
      • zǎi , , , jiǎn , mǎn , qióng , , , xué , , , , , , , , , yàn , , ,
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