sunny spot; sunlit place
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
a place illuminated by the sun; sunny spot; place in the sun
dialectColloquial northern Chinese dialect term. Often contrasted with 阴凉儿 (cool shade). The final 儿 indicates erhua (retroflex) pronunciation, typically realized as a single syllable 'dìr'.
Xià夏
tiān天
bié别
lǎo老
zhàn站
zài在
tài太
yáng阳
dì地
r儿
lǐ里
，
xiǎo小
xīn心
zhòng中
shǔ暑
。
Don't stand in the sun all the time in summer; be careful of heatstroke.
Xiǎo小
gǒu狗
tǎng躺
zài在
tài太
yáng阳
dì地
r儿
lǐ里
shài晒
tài太
yáng阳
，
kàn看
qǐ起
lái来
shū舒
fu服
jí极
le了
。
The puppy is lying in the sunny spot basking in the sun, looking extremely comfortable.
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Zhǎo找
gè个
tài太
yáng阳
dì地
r儿
shài晒
shài晒
bèi被
zi子
，
shā杀
shā杀
jūn菌
。
Find a sunny spot to air out the quilt and kill the bacteria.