影子
yǐng ziㄧㄥˇ ㄗ˙
Sino-Vietnamese: ẢNH TỬ
Traditional: 影子
HSK 5HSK 3.0 · 6TOCFL 4
Meaning(noun)
shadow; reflection; (fig.) hint; indication; influence
Measure words: 个
Examples
太阳下山时,影子变得很长。
tài yáng xià shān shí, yǐng zi biàn de hěn cháng.
At sunset, shadows grow very long.
孩子在追自己的影子。
hái zi zài zhuī zì jǐ de yǐng zi.
The child is chasing his own shadow.
等了半天,连他的影子都没看到。
děng le bàn tiān, lián tā de yǐng zi dōu méi kàn dào.
I waited ages and didn't see so much as a trace of him.
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Stroke order
ẢNH · 15 strokes
picture; image; film; movie
TỬ · 3 strokes
son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat; Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility