匈牙利人 (xiōng yá lì rén) — Hungarian (person/people) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Hungarian (person/people)

Measure word · 个

Examples

匈牙利人。
Wǒ rèn shi yí gè xiōng yá lì rén péng you.
I know a Hungarian friend.
匈牙利人。
Zhè jiā xiōng yá lì rén cān tīng de cài hěn hǎo chī.
The food at this Hungarian restaurant is delicious.
匈牙利人。
Hěn duō xiōng yá lì rén xǐ huan hē kā fēi.
Many Hungarians like to drink coffee.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

匈牙利Hungary

匈xiōng牙yá利lì

匈牙利 “Hungary” and 人 “person” combine to mean a person from Hungary; 匈牙利 only spells the foreign name.

Characters in this word

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

勹凶匈

Meaning part形符xíngfú

勹勹bāo

Sound part声符shēngfú

凶

Same sound today

匈 pairs 勹, a part related to the meaning, with 凶, which gives the sound xiōng.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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.

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

The shape of 人 shows a side view of a standing person, with an arm and a leg.

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