阴天
HSK 2 (2021)
阴天 (yīntiān) · cloudy day
阴天 (yīntiān) means “cloudy day; overcast weather”. It is written with 2 characters: 阴 (cloudy) + 天 (day). It is an HSK 2 word in the 2021 standard.
How 阴天 is built
The characters
阴 yīn · cloudy
What 阴 is made of
- 阝fù / yì (names) — mound/city side-form
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 月yuè — moon; month
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
Origin hint: The place 阝 of the moon 月; compare 阳 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
天 tiān · day
What 天 is made of
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 大dà — big
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 人rén — person
Origin hint: The heavens 一 above a man 大 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
今天是阴天。Jīntiān shì yīntiān.It's a cloudy day today.
阴天你也要出去吗？Yīntiān nǐ yě yào chūqù ma?Are you going out even though it's cloudy?
Questions about 阴天
What does 阴天 mean?
阴天 (yīntiān) means “cloudy day; overcast weather”.
How do you pronounce 阴天?
阴天 is pronounced yīntiān.
Which HSK level is 阴天?
阴天 is in HSK 2 (2021).
Related words
- 阴谋yīnmóuplot
- 阴yīncloudy
- 白天báitiāndaytime
- 半天bàntiānhalf a day
- 后天hòutiānday after tomorrow
- 今天jīntiāntoday
- 明天míngtiāntomorrow
- 前天qiántiānday before yesterday
- 天气tiānqìweather
- 星期天xīngqītiānSunday
Learn 阴天 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 45: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.