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荫

yīn

Character Traditional 蔭

What 荫 means

1. bound formshade (of a tree)

Other readings

荫 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• yìnshade
• yìnvariant of {荫|yìn}, shade

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.
• 虽然我行过死荫的幽谷，也不怕遭害， 因为你与我同在；你的杖，你的竿，都安慰我。
  Suīrán wǒ xíng guo sǐ yìn de yōugǔ, yě bù pà zāo hài, yīnwèi nǐ yǔ wǒ tóngzài; nǐ de zhàng, nǐ de gān, dōu ānwèi wǒ.
  Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
• 我虽然行过死荫的幽谷，也不怕遭害，因为你与我同在；你的杖，你的竿，都让我安心。
  Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

Words starting with 荫

• 荫凉yìn liángshady and cool
• 荫蔽yìn bìto be shaded or concealed by foliage; to conceal; hidden

Words containing 荫

• 树荫shù yīnshade of a tree; Taiwan pr. shù yìn
• 绿荫lǜ yīnthe shade (of a tree)
• 林荫道lín yīn dàoboulevard; avenue
• 曾荫权Zēng Yīn quánSir Donald Tsang, aka Tsang Yam-Kuen (1944–), the second Chief Executive of Hong Kong…
• 绿树成荫lǜ shù chéng yīn(idiom) (of an area) to have trees with shade-giving foliage; (of a road) to be tree-lined
• 冬荫dōng yīn(loanword) tom yum (Thai soup)
• 庇荫bì yìnto give shade (of a tree etc); to shield
• 遮荫zhē yīnto provide shade; Taiwan pr. zhē yìn
• 冬荫功dōng yīn gōng(loanword) tom yum goong (Thai soup)
• 嘉荫县Jiā yīn XiànJiayin, a county in Yichun City 伊春市
• 封妻荫子fēng qī yìn zǐ(idiom) to bestow a title on the wife of a deserving official and make his son heir to…
• 张荫桓Zhāng Yìn huánZhang Yinhuan (1837-1900), late Qing politician and senior Chinese diplomat
• 槐荫区Huái yīn QūHuaiyin, a district of Jinan City 济南市
• 嘉荫Jiā yīnsee 嘉荫县
• 林荫路lín yīn lùsee 林荫道
• 林荫大道lín yīn dà dàovariant of 林阴大道
• 槐荫Huái yīnsee 槐荫区

Characters that look like 荫

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 捐juānto relinquish; to abandon; to contribute; to donate; (bound form) tax; levy
• 荡dàngto wash; to squander; to sweep away
• 匪fěibandit; (literary) not
• 莹yíngluster of gems
• 圃pǔgarden; orchard
• 莴wōused in 莴苣; used in 莴笋

Sounds the same

Read yīn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 因cause; reason; because
• 阴overcast (weather); cloudy; shady
• 音sound; noise; note (of musical scale)
• 姻marriage connections
• 茵mattress
• 殷flourishing; abundant; earnest
• 铟indium (chemistry)
• 慇solicitous
• 氤used in 氤氲
• 喑mute
• 洇to soak; to blotch; to splotch
• 愔peaceful; solemn