Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
荫
yīn, yìn
Description
"荫"常常用来说树的影子，比如大树下面凉快的地方。
"荫" is often used to refer to the shadow of a tree, such as the cool spot under a big tree.
它也可以表示前人帮助后人，读作 yìn。
It can also mean the help given by predecessors to later generations, pronounced yìn.
Meanings
树荫shùyīn
shade of a tree; shady spot
我们在树荫下面休息。
We rested under the shade of the tree.
荫凉yīnliáng
shady and cool
这个地方又荫凉又安静。
This place is both shady and quiet.
荫庇yìnbì
to protect or benefit descendants
他受到祖先的荫庇。
He is protected by the shelter of his ancestors.
Related words
Notes
- Etymology
荫 has grass radical 艹 over 阴 (shade), showing shade under plants.
- Nuance
read yīn for tree shade; read yìn for the meaning of protecting descendants.
Links