乌兹别克斯坦 (Wū zī bié kè sī tǎn) — Uzbekistan

Definition

noun
Uzbekistan

Examples

  • 乌兹别克斯坦。
    Wǒ xià ge yuè yào qù Wū zī bié kè sī tǎn lǚ yóu.
    I'm going to travel to Uzbekistan next month.
  • 乌兹别克斯坦，。
    Wū zī bié kè sī tǎn De shǒu dū shì tǎ shí gān, yí gè lì shǐ yōu jiǔ de chéng shì.
    The capital of Uzbekistan is Tashkent, a city with a long history.
  • 乌兹别克斯坦。
    Zhè ge pǐn pái de chǎn pǐn lái zì Wū zī bié kè sī tǎn.
    This brand's products come from Uzbekistan.

Origin

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 烏; 乌 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 烏 is a drawing of a bird. The simplified 乌 is a later abbreviation.

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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 兹 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 別; 别 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 別 pairs 冎 (bone) with 刀 (knife), showing a knife cutting up bone and flesh. The simplified 别 is a shorthand, so its parts are not the historical components.

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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 克 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 斯 →

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú
土土tǔearth
Sound part声符shēngfú
旦
旦dàn坦tǎn
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

坦 is made from 土 (earth) plus 旦, which provides the sound. The earth part shows the sense is about ground.

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