棠阴 tángyīn shade of a crabapple tree Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents tángyīn shade of a crabapple tree 棠 táng cherry apple (bound form) a type of flowering tree, such as the cherry-apple or birchleaf pear; specifically refers to 棠梨 tánglí or 甘棠 gāntáng阴 陰 yīn noun shade shade; a place shaded from the sun; the back or reverse side of a physical objecttángyīn time 棠 táng cherry apple (bound form) a type of flowering tree, such as the cherry-apple or birchleaf pear; specifically refers to 棠梨 tánglí or 甘棠 gāntáng阴 陰 yīn noun time (literary) time; the passage of time