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影子

yǐng zi

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Measure word 个

影子 (yǐng zi) means "shadow". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 影子 means

1. shadow
2. reflection
3. (fig.) hint
4. indication
5. influence

The characters in 影子

• 影yǐngpicture; image; film
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子

Example sentences

• 谁在影子里藏着？
  Shéi zài yǐngzi lǐ cáng zhe?
  What is lurking in the shadows?
• 他怕自己的影子。
  He is afraid of his own shadow.
• 她害怕自己的影子。
  Tā hàipà zìjǐ de yǐngzi.
  She is afraid of her own shadow.
• 树投下长长的影子。
  The tree cast a long shadow.
• 斑马的影子没有条纹。
  Zebra shadows don't have stripes.
• 她连自己的影子都怕。
  She's even afraid of her own shadow.

Words starting with 影子

• 影子内阁yǐng zi nèi géshadow cabinet

Words containing 影子

• 身正不怕影子斜shēn zhèng bù pà yǐng zi xié(lit.) when a man stands straight, he doesn't worry that his shadow is slanting (saying)…

Where 影子 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Helplessness, Silver & Shadow (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read yǐng zi correctly.
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