三洋 (sān yáng) — Sanyo (Japanese electronics company) | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Sanyo (Japanese electronics company)

Examples

三洋，。
Wǒ mǎi le yì tái sān yáng de shōu yīn jī, zhì liàng hěn hǎo.
I bought a Sanyo radio; the quality is very good.
三洋。
sān yáng Céng jīng shì quán qiú zhī míng de diàn zǐ chǎn pǐn zhì zào shāng.
Sanyo was once a globally well-known manufacturer of electronic products.
三洋。
Zhè jiā jiù huò diàn lǐ hái néng zhǎo dào sān yáng de lǎo shì lù yīn jī.
You can still find old Sanyo tape recorders in this thrift store.

Origin

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

三 is drawn as three parallel strokes, like 一 with one stroke and 二 with two.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

氵羊洋

Meaning part形符xíngfú

氵Written in full as水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

羊

羊yáng洋yáng

Same sound today

洋 pairs 氵, the water part, with 羊 to give its sound.

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