伯利兹 (Bó lì zī) — Belize | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Belize

伯利兹。
Wǒ míng nián dǎ suàn qù Bó lì zī lǚ xíng.
I plan to travel to Belize next year.
伯利兹，。
Bó lì zī Wèi yú zhōng měi zhōu, dōng lín jiā lè bǐ hǎi.
Belize is located in Central America, bordering the Caribbean Sea to the east.
伯利兹。
Bó lì zī De guān fāng yǔ yán shì yīng yǔ.
The official language of Belize is English.

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 伯利兹 only spell the foreign name Belize; they do not carry independent meanings here.

Sound-only characters

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

人人rénperson

Sound part声符shēngfú

白

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

伯 pairs 人 (person) with 白, which gives its sound.

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

利 combines 禾 (grain) and 刀 (knife), showing a knife used to cut grain.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.