卢浮宫 (Lú fú gōng) — the Louvre (museum in Paris) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

the Louvre (museum in Paris)

Examples

，卢浮宫。
Zhè cì qù bā lí, wǒ yí dìng yào cān guān Lú fú gōng.
This time when I go to Paris, I must visit the Louvre.
卢浮宫。
Lú fú gōng Lǐ shōu cáng le xǔ duō shì jiè míng huà.
The Louvre houses many world-famous paintings.
卢浮宫？
Nǐ yǐ qián qù guò Lú fú gōng ma?
Have you ever been to the Louvre before?

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.

卢浮Louvre

音译Transliteration

卢浮 spells Louvre, and 宫 means palace, giving the Louvre palace/museum.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 盧; 卢 is its simplified writing.

虍田皿盧

Meaning part形符xíngfú

田田tiánpictogram of an oven

皿皿mǐnvessel

Sound part声符shēngfú

虍

虍hū盧lú

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 盧 began as a picture of an oven, later written 田, with 皿 (a vessel) and 虍 (for sound) added; simplified 卢 is a shorthand.

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

水水shuǐriver

Sound part声符shēngfú

孚

孚fú浮fú

Same sound today

浮 pairs 水 (river) with 孚, which gives the sound; the river part points to its meaning of floating.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 宮; 宫 is its simplified writing.

宀呂宮

宀宀mián
呂呂lǚ

The traditional form 宮 is built from 宀 and 呂.

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