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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