利兹 (Lì zī) — Leeds (a city in northern England) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Leeds (a city in northern England)

Examples

利兹。
Wǒ míng nián dǎ suàn qù Lì zī liú xué.
I plan to study abroad in Leeds next year.
利兹。
Lì zī De zú qiú duì zài yīng guó hěn yǒu míng.
Leeds' football team is very famous in the UK.
利兹？
Nǐ tīng shuō guò Lì zī dà xué ma?
Have you heard of Leeds University?

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.

The characters 利 and 兹 carry no meaning here; the word spells the city name Leeds.

Sound-only characters

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

禾禾hégrain
刀刀dāoknife

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

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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