乌干达 (Wū gān dá) — Uganda | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Uganda

乌干达。
Wǒ míng nián dǎ suàn qù Wū gān dá lǚ yóu.
I plan to travel to Uganda next year.
乌干达，。
Wū gān dá Wèi yú fēi zhōu dōng bù, shì yí gè měi lì de guó jiā.
Uganda is located in East Africa and is a beautiful country.
乌干达，。
Tā zài Wū gān dá zuò zhì yuàn zhě gōng zuò, bāng zhù dāng dì de hái zi.
He works as a volunteer in Uganda, helping local children.

Single-morpheme word

构词法gòucífǎ

音译yīnyìTransliteration

The characters spell the sound of a foreign word; their individual meanings play no part.

The characters carry no meaning here; the word spells the country name Uganda.

Sound-only characters

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.

The simplified 干 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (饼干, 干杯) it is 乾; in others (干, 干活儿) (干扰) it is 幹 or 干.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 乾; 干 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

倝

倝gàn乾gān

Same sound today

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

辶大达

Meaning part形符xíngfú

辶Written in full as辵chuò

Sound part声符shēngfú

大

Same sound today

This form 达 pairs 辶 (written in full as 辵) with 大 as a sound component.