克里奥尔 (kè lǐ ào ěr) — (attributive) Creole (relating to Creole languages or Creole peoples)

Definition

Used as an attributive adjective meaning 'Creole' — relating to Creole languages, peoples, or cultures formed from mixed origins (e.g. in Haiti, the Caribbean). Always precedes a noun (语, 文化, 社区).

adjective
(attributive) Creole (relating to Creole languages or Creole peoples)

Examples

  • 克里奥尔。
    Hǎi dì rén shuō de kè lǐ ào ěr yǔ shì yì zhǒng hùn hé yǔ yán.
    The Creole language spoken by Haitians is a mixed language.
  • 克里奥尔。
    kè lǐ ào ěr Wén huà róng hé le fēi zhōu hé ōu zhōu de chuán tǒng.
    Creole culture blends African and European traditions.
  • 克里奥尔。
    Hěn duō jiā lè bǐ guó jiā dōu yǒu kè lǐ ào ěr shè qū.
    Many Caribbean countries have Creole communities.

Origin

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.

克kè
里lǐ
奥ào
尔ěr

克里奥尔 spells Creole; these characters carry no meaning of their own here.

Sound-only characters

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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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 裡; 里 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 里 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (里, 里面) it is 裡; in others (公里) it is 里 or 裏.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
衤Written in full as衣yīclothes
Sound part声符shēngfú
里
里lǐ裡lǐ
Same sound today

The form 裡 pairs 衤 (clothes) with 里 as a sound component.

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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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

假借jiǎjièLater borrowed for its sound alone — the picture has nothing to do with today’s meaning.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 爾; 尔 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 爾, simplified as 尔, originally drew cloth on a loom with crossing threads. It was borrowed for its sound to write “you,” so the picture is unrelated to that meaning.

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