亨廷顿 (hēng tíng dú) — Huntington (transliteration of English surname, often referring to Samuel P. Huntington)

Definition

Transliteration of the English surname 'Huntington', most commonly used in HSK contexts to refer to Samuel P. Huntington, the American political scientist known for 'The Clash of Civilizations'.

noun
Huntington (transliteration of English surname, often referring to Samuel P. Huntington)

Examples

  • 亨廷顿，。
    Tā jiào hēng tíng dú, shì yí wèi měi guó xué zhě.
    His name is Huntington, he is an American scholar.
  • 亨廷顿。
    hēng tíng dú De lǐ lùn zài zhèng zhì xué zhōng hěn yǒu yǐng xiǎng.
    Huntington's theories are very influential in political science.
  • 亨廷顿《》？
    Nǐ dú guò hēng tíng dú xiě de 《wén míng de chōng tū》 ma?
    Have you read 'The Clash of Civilizations' by Huntington?

Origin

Characters in this word

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

亨 is drawn as an ancestral shrine.

Open 亨 →

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
廴廴yǐn
Sound part声符shēngfú
𡈼
𡈼𡈼廷tíng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

廷 is built from 廴, a meaning part, and 𡈼, a sound part.

Open 廷 →

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 頓; 顿 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
頁頁yè
Sound part声符shēngfú
屯
屯tún頓dùn
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 頓 combines 屯, drawn as a kneeling person's head, with 頁, and expresses a bow or kowtow. The simplified 顿 replaces 頁 with 页.

Open 顿 →

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