1 SUFFIX (用于名词后构成形容词)表示“有…特性的” -y is added to nouns in order to form adjectives that describe something or someone as having the characteristics of what the noun refers to. (用于名词后构成形容词)表示“有…特性的”
2 SUFFIX (用于颜色词后构成形容词)表示“大致…色的”,“略带…色的” -y is added to colours in order to form adjectives that describe something as being roughly that colour or having some of that colour in it. (用于颜色词后构成形容词)表示“大致…色的”,“略带…色的”
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...a rich, reddy, brown wood.
偏红色的深棕色木头
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Her eyes were a bluey-green colour.
她的眼睛是蓝绿色的。
3 SUFFIX (用于名称或名词后,表示喜爱或亲昵) -y is added to a name or a noun in order to give it a more affectionate or familiar form. (用于名称或名词后,表示喜爱或亲昵)
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'How are you, Mikey?'.
“你好吗,小迈克?”
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Move the little doggy.
把小狗挪开点。