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树荫

shù yīn

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 樹蔭

树荫 (shù yīn) means "shade of a tree; Taiwan pr. [shù yìn]". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 树荫 means

1. shade of a tree
2. Taiwan pr. shù yìn

The characters in 树荫

• 树shùtree; to cultivate; to set up
• 荫yīn(bound form) shade (of a tree)

Example sentences

• 我们在树荫下休息。
  We had a rest in the shade.
• 一个老人在树荫下休息。
  Yī gè lǎorén zài shùyìn xià xiūxi.
  An old man was resting in the shade of the tree.
• 他们在那棵大树的树荫下坐了下来。
  Tāmen zài nà kē dà shù de shùyìn xià zuò le xiàlai.
  They sat in the shade of that big tree.
• 她与强大的祖琳女王有着密切的血缘关系，她的家在一棵枝繁叶茂的橡树荫下。
  She was closely related to the mighty Queen Zurline, and her home was beneath the shade of a widespreading oak.

Sounds the same

Read shù yīn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 树阴shade (of a tree)

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