Character breakdown
Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.
How to learn 太阴
Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.
When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.
Words with the same characters
Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.
highest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely
阴yīnovercast (weather); cloudy; shady; Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang); negative (electric.); feminine; moon; implicit; hidden; genitalia; surname Yin; variant of 陰|阴[yin1]
太阳tàiyángsun; sunlight; sunshine; temple (on the side of the human head) (abbr. for 太陽穴|太阳穴[tai4 yang2 xue2])
太太tàitaimarried woman; Mrs.; Madam; wife; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
老太太lǎotàitaielderly lady (respectful); esteemed mother; CL:位[wei4]
太空tàikōngouter space