Chinese Word: 荫 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

荫 (Trad.: 廕, 蔭)

Pinyin: yìn

English Definition: shade; variant of 荫 , shade

Chinese Definition:
①庇荫。封建时代，因祖先有勋劳或官职而循例受封、得官。［合］荫恤(因前代功德而得到官职或抚恤)；荫籍(依赖先辈有功而得到恩赐的官职)；荫生(因先世荫庇而入国子监读书的称为荫生)。

Total strokes: 10; Radical: 艸

Ideographic:Shade 阴 provided by a tree 艹; 阴 also provides the pronunciation

Character Formation:

⿱ Above to below
- 艹 [ cǎo ] grass, weed, plant, herb
- 阴 [ yīn ] the female principle; dark, shaded; hidden, implicit, secret

Similar Characters: 萌苘

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荫凉	yìn liáng	shady and cool
庇荫	bì yìn	to give shade (of a tree etc); to shield
封妻荫子	fēng qī yìn zǐ	(of a deserving official) to grant his wife a title and make his son heir to his titles
荫蔽	yìn bì	to be shaded or concealed by foliage; to conceal; hidden; covert; shade (of a tree)
张荫桓	zhāng yìn huán	Zhang Yinhuan (1837-1900), late Qing politician and senior Chinese diplomat

1		sǐ wáng 死亡 de 的 mén 门 céng 曾 xiàng 向 nǐ 你 xiǎn lù 显露 ma 吗。 sǐ 死 yìn 荫 de 的 mén 门 nǐ 你 céng 曾 jiàn guò 见过 ma 吗。 Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
2		nà 那 de 地 shèn 甚 shì 是 yōu àn 幽暗， shì 是 sǐ 死 yìn 荫 hùn dùn 混沌 zhī 之 de 地。 nà li 那里 de 的 guāng 光 hǎo xiàng 好像 yōu àn 幽暗。 A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.
3		xǔ duō 许多 shí hou 时候， hēi 黑 yìn 荫 dào shi 倒是 shēng zhǎng 生长 bì xū 必需 de 的 tiáo jiàn 条件。 In some spheres the shadow condition is the condition of greatest growth.
4		tā 他 cóng 从 guàn mù 灌木 yìn 荫 xià 下 chū lái 出来， zài 在 yáng guāng 阳光 xià 下 zhǎ 眨 zhuó yǎn 着眼。 He came out of the shadow of the bush and blinked in the sun.
5		A duì 队 xún zhǎo 寻找 yī 一 chù 处 yǒu 有 yì xiē 一些 shù yīn 树阴 de 的 duō 多 yìn 荫 de 的 dì fāng 地方。 Team A looked for a shady place that some trees could give shade.

1		sǐ wáng 死亡 de 的 mén 门 céng 曾 xiàng 向 nǐ 你 xiǎn lù 显露 ma 吗。 sǐ 死 yìn 荫 de 的 mén 门 nǐ 你 céng 曾 jiàn guò 见过 ma 吗。 Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
2		nà 那 de 地 shèn 甚 shì 是 yōu àn 幽暗， shì 是 sǐ 死 yìn 荫 hùn dùn 混沌 zhī 之 de 地。 nà li 那里 de 的 guāng 光 hǎo xiàng 好像 yōu àn 幽暗。 A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.
3		xǔ duō 许多 shí hou 时候， hēi 黑 yìn 荫 dào shi 倒是 shēng zhǎng 生长 bì xū 必需 de 的 tiáo jiàn 条件。 In some spheres the shadow condition is the condition of greatest growth.
4		tā 他 cóng 从 guàn mù 灌木 yìn 荫 xià 下 chū lái 出来， zài 在 yáng guāng 阳光 xià 下 zhǎ 眨 zhuó yǎn 着眼。 He came out of the shadow of the bush and blinked in the sun.
5		A duì 队 xún zhǎo 寻找 yī 一 chù 处 yǒu 有 yì xiē 一些 shù yīn 树阴 de 的 duō 多 yìn 荫 de 的 dì fāng 地方。 Team A looked for a shady place that some trees could give shade.