印迹

印跡
yìnjì
noun #27,236

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 imprint
  2. 2 mark
  3. 3 trace
  4. 4 footprint

Examples

Shātān shang liú xià le shēnshēn de jiǎo yìnjì.
Deep footprints were left in the sand.
Lìshǐ zài zhè zuò gǔchéng liú xià le shēnkè de yìnjì.
History has left a deep imprint on this ancient city.

Tips

usage
印迹 can be used literally (physical marks, footprints) or figuratively (historical marks, emotional traces). It is more literary than 痕迹 (hénjì), which is more common in everyday speech for the same concept.

Stroke Order

yìn