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黄昏 huánghūn

黄昏 huánghūn Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 黄昏 huánghūn .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
huánghūn | huang2 hun1
English translation
dusk
evening
nightfall

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Traditional form

黃昏

Part of speech

Time word / 时间词 Shíjiān cí
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Etymology of 黄昏 huánghūn

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Huáng

Type

pictographic

Explanation

Simplified form of huáng . Pictograph of a person with a person with a large belly, representing someone deformed. Based on the original meaning "physically impaired". Later meaning shifted to "yellow; sallow", a skin color associated with illness.

Positional decomposition

⿱?⿱由八

Number of Strokes

11
hūn

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Depicts the sun () down low () during twilight.

Positional decomposition

氏日

Number of Strokes

8

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Example sentences using 黄昏 huánghūn

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Mǎn 园子 dōu zhāo 黄昏 huánghūn de 面纱 miàn shā , 更加 gèng jiā shǎng céng 神秘 shénmì de 颜色 yánsè .

Veiled in the twilight mists, the garden had an air of mystery.

接近 jiējìn 黄昏 huánghūn shí ,顺便 shùnbiàn dào 西 Lóu 告别 gàobié .

At the end of the afternoon I dropped by the West Wing to say good - bye.

每到黄昏 huánghūn 时分 shí fēn ,钟鸣一百零八 xiǎng .

At nightfall the bells would toll 108 times.

春天 chūn tiān de 黄昏 huánghūn 总是 zǒngshì yòu Yīn yòu Lěng .

Spring evenings are often cold and raw.

路灯 lù dēng zài 黄昏 huánghūn shí kāi ,拂晓 fú xiǎo shí Guān .

The street lights come on at dusk and go off at dawn.

黄昏 huánghūn Decomposition

See the 2 Chinese characters that make up 黄昏 huánghūn and their own compounds.

黄昏 huánghūn Compounds

See all 54 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 黄昏 huánghūn in their composition.

  • Huáng
    • guǎng
      • hōng , kuàng , , , , , , kuò , kuàng , , , guǎng , , kuàng , , ,
    • héng , huáng , huáng , huáng , huáng , héng , huáng , huáng , huáng , huáng , gōng , , , , , , , , ,
  • hūn
    • hūn , mín , hūn , hūn , mín , mín , , hūn , , , , , , , , ,
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