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阴天

yīntiān

cloudy day

A cloud covering the sun
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Characters in this word

阴 yīn

Strokes
6
Radical
阝 — place, town, city
Made of
阝 place, town, city 月 moon
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

天 tiān

Strokes
4
Radical
大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
Made of
一 one 大 big, great, vast, high, deep
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 今天阴天。 Jīntiān yīntiān. Today is cloudy.
  • 阴天别出门。 Yīntiān bié chūmén. Do not go out on cloudy days.
  • 我不爱阴天。 Wǒ bù ài yīntiān. I do not like cloudy days.

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