SHADE    陰蔭處

PLACE LACKING LIGHT of SUN SURROUNDED BY PLACES WITH LIGHT OF SUN.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. he general area of shade is yīn 陰 (ant. guāng 光 "light") 2. Yīn 蔭 refers specifically to the shadow of a tree.
See also
Hypernym
  • PLACE　PART of SPACE that THINGS BE-IN:are-in. (anc: 4/0, child: 39)
  • PART　OBJECT which COMBINES with OTHER OBJECTS to BECOME ONE LARGER WHOLE OBJECT. (anc: 3/0, child: 8)
  • OBJECT　[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to. (anc: 2/0, child: 6)

Words (2 items)

庇蔭  bì yìn OC: pis qrɯms MC: pi ʔim 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • vtoNfind protective shade in
陰  yīn OC: qrɯm MC: ʔim 0 Attributions

The shaped form of shadow is currently yǐng 影 (ant. xíng 形 "original physical object of which there is a shadow") and the general area of shade is yīn 陰 (ant. guāng 光 "light").

    Syntactic words
  • nshade
  • nabfigurativeshadow
  • vtoNseek shadow under (a tree), find shadow under