VocabularyHSK 3 · core

yīn

cloudy, overcast

Part of speech · adjective

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Examples

  1. 今天阴天。
    It's overcast today.
  2. 阴天没有太阳。
    No sun on overcast days.

Collocations

阴天阴沉阴雨

Mnemonic

阴 yīn "cloudy / yin" — traditional 陰. 阜 (hill) + 侌 (cloud/shadow). The opposite of 阳 yáng. The yin-yang 阴阳 cosmology is pan-East Asian.

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  1. Opposite of 阴?

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