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
阴历
yīnlì
lunar calendar
Characters in this word
历 lì
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 厂 — cliff
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 奶奶习惯按阴历记生日，所以每年日期都要重新核对。 Nǎinai xíguàn àn yīnlì jì shēngrì, suǒyǐ měi nián rìqī dōu yào chóngxīn héduì. Grandma is used to recording birthdays by the lunar calendar, so the date has to be checked again each year.
- 春节在阴历正月初一，是很热闹的日子。 Chūnjié zài yīnlì zhēngyuè chūyī, shì hěn rènao de rìzi. The Spring Festival falls on the first day of the first lunar month; it is a very lively day.
- 他查了一下阴历，那天正好是十五，月亮很圆。 Tā chá le yíxià yīnlì, nà tiān zhènghǎo shì shíwǔ, yuèliang hěn yuán. He checked the lunar calendar: that day happened to be the fifteenth, and the moon was full.
Related words
- 阴 yīn overcast; dark
- 阴天 yīntiān cloudy day
- 阴暗 yīn'àn dark; gloomy
- 阴谋 yīnmóu conspiracy; plot
- 阴性 yīnxìng negative; negative result
- 阴影 yīnyǐng shadow; psychological shadow
- 经历 jīnglì experience
- 简历 jiǎnlì resume
- 历史 lìshǐ history
- 日历 rìlì calendar
- 历经 lìjīng to experience, to go through
- 历年 lìnián over the years