Chinese Word of the Day
阴天yīn tiān
cloudy
Definitions
| Chinese > English | ||
| 阴天 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 陰天 | ||
| 陰天 | yīntiān | |
| 1. n. overcast sky; cloudy sky | ||
| English > Chinese | ||
| cloudy | ||
| 1. 阴天的 | ||
| 2. 云的 | ||
| 3. 有云状花纹的 | ||
| 4. 有愁容的 | ||
| 5. 朦胧的 | ||
| 6. 光泽暗晦的 | ||
| 7. 乌云密布的 | ||
| 8. 多云 | ||
| 9. 阴 | ||
| Components | ||
| 阴 | ||
| 1. Variant of 陰 | ||
| 陰 | yīn | |
| 1. cloudy; overcast; gloomy | ||
| 陰暗 - dark; gloomy | ||
| 天 陰 了。 - The sky is overcast. | ||
| 陰 轉 晴 - cloudy to fine | ||
| 2. hidden; secret | ||
| 陽奉陰違 - to overtly agree but covertly oppose; to comply in public but oppose in private | ||
| 3. negative | ||
| 陰極 - cathode | ||
| 陰離子 - anion; negative ion | ||
| 4. the Moon | ||
| 太陰 - moon | ||
| 陰曆 - lunar calendar | ||
| 5. shade; shadow | ||
| 樹陰 - shade of a tree | ||
| 背陰 - to be in the shade | ||
| 6. north of a mountain or south of a river | ||
| 山陰 - northern side of a mountain | ||
| 江陰 - Jiangyin (a county situated on the south side of the Yangtze River) | ||
| 7. back side | ||
| 碑陰 - posterior of a stele | ||
| 8. of the nether world; of ghosts | ||
| 陰間 - afterworld; netherworld | ||
| 陰陽 相隔 - | ||
| 9. (philosophy) "female" principle; yin in yin-yang | ||
| 10. in intaglio | ||
| 陰文 - intagliated characters or designs | ||
| 11. treacherous; deceitful; cheating | ||
| 陰險 - treacherous | ||
| 好 哇，你 敢 跟 我 玩兒r 陰 的！ - Fine, you dare play dirty with me! | ||
| 12. (dialectal) to deceive; to trick; to trap | ||
| 我 今兒r個 讓 人 給 陰 了。 - Today I have been tricked by someone., M-UIB | ||
| 13. (Chinese phonetics, of a syllable) open; not having a consonant coda | ||
| 14. (Cantonese) bangs; fringe | ||
| (Alternative form ?) | ||
| 15. genitalia (of humans) | ||
| 陰道 - vagina | ||
| 外陰 - vulva | ||
| 天 | tiān | |
| 1. sky; heavens; heavenly; celestial | ||
| 天空 - sky - | ||
| 天 黑 了。 - It's getting dark. (lit. The sky is becoming black) | ||
| 2. (mythology or religion) heaven as the abode of the gods or the blessed departed; heavenly | ||
| 上天 - to go up to the sky; to go to heaven - | ||
| 天意 - Heaven's will - | ||
| 3. (mythology or religion) Heaven as an impersonal deity; (often translated as God) | ||
| 天主 - God - | ||
| 老天 - god - | ||
| 我 的 天 啊！ - Oh my God! - | ||
| 天 助 自 助 者。 - God helps those who help themselves. | ||
| 4. top; overhead | ||
| 天橋 - footbridge - | ||
| 天窗 - sunroof - | ||
| 5. weather; climate | ||
| 天 很 冷。 - It's very cold. | ||
| 如果 天 晴，我們 就 去 散步。 - If the weather clears, we'll go for a walk. | ||
| 6. day (24 hours) | ||
| 今天 - today - | ||
| 明天 - tomorrow - | ||
| 三 天 - three days - | ||
| 7. day (as opposed to night) | ||
| 白天 - daytime - | ||
| 三 天 兩 夜 - three days and two nights - | ||
| 8. period of time in a day | ||
| 五更天 - just before dawn - | ||
| 天 不 早 了。 - It's getting late. | ||
| 9. season | ||
| 春天、夏天、秋天、冬天 - spring, summer, autumn, winter | ||
| 黃梅天 - rainy season - | ||
| 10. nature | ||
| 天災 - natural disaster - | ||
| 11. natural; innate | ||
| 天生 - innate - | ||
| 天性 - nature, personality - | ||
| 天才 - genius - | ||
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Pronunciation
yīn tiān
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