影子

• 拼音: yǐng zi
• 汉字拆解: 影 = 景 (scenery) + 彡 (rays), shadow or image; 子 = neutral noun suffix

含义

Shadow; silhouette; reflection. The dark shape cast by an object blocking light, or a faint image or trace of something.

Used both literally (the shadow of a tree, a person's shadow) and figuratively (a trace or ghost of something past). 影子 can also suggest something elusive or hard to grasp, e.g. 没有影子 (no trace at all).

例句

1. 傍晚时分，树木的影子拉得很长，斜斜地铺在草地上。
2. 孩子们在院子里跑来跑去，踩着自己的影子玩耍。
3. 那件事已经过去很久了，她心里还留着那段记忆的影子。

用法指南

语境: everyday, literary

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 太阳一出来，影子就消失了。(Once the sun came out, the shadow disappeared.)
• 他的身影像影子一样悄悄地消失在人群中。(His figure slipped away like a shadow into the crowd.)

错误说法

• 用'影子'来形容清晰、真实的图像 (Don't use 影子 for clear, real images — it implies something shadowy, faint, or intangible; use 图像 or 照片 for actual pictures)

起源与历史

A compound of 影 (shadow/image; 景 scenery + 彡 rays of light) and the neutral suffix 子. The character 影 originally depicted light and its resulting image.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal