chuāngyán

窗沿

Word · Noun

windowsill

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Meanings

1 sense · 4 examples
1.

noun

windowsill; the flat ledge at the bottom of a window

informal

Commonly used in informal spoken language, the suffix 儿 is optional.

Xiǎo小
māo猫
xǐ喜
huān欢
pā趴
zài在
chuāng窗
yán沿
r儿
shài上
tài晒
yáng太
 阳
 。

The kitten likes to lie on the windowsill to sunbathe.

Wǒ我
zài在
chuāng窗
yán沿
r儿
shàng上
fàng放
le了
jǐ几
pén盆
huā花
 。

I put a few pots of flowers on the windowsill.

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Yǔ雨
shuǐ水
shùn顺
zhe着
chuāng窗
yán沿
r儿
liú流
le了
xià下
lái来
 。

The rainwater ran down the windowsill.

Zhè这
ge个
chuāng窗
yán沿
r儿
yǒu有
diǎn点
zhǎi窄
 ,
fàng放
bù不
liǎo了
tài太
kuān宽
de的
dōng东
xī西
 。

This windowsill is a bit narrow and can't hold things that are too wide.