哈萨克斯坦 (Hā sà kè sī tǎn) — Kazakhstan | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Kazakhstan

Examples

哈萨克斯坦。
Wǒ míng nián xiǎng qù Hā sà kè sī tǎn lǚ yóu.
I want to travel to Kazakhstan next year.
哈萨克斯坦。
Hā sà kè sī tǎn Shì yí gè zhōng yà guó jiā.
Kazakhstan is a Central Asian country.
哈萨克斯坦。
Wǒ péng you zài Hā sà kè sī tǎn gōng zuò.
My friend works in Kazakhstan.

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.

哈萨克斯坦 spells Kazakhstan, and the characters carry no meaning on their own.

Sound-only characters

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

口合哈

Meaning part形符xíngfú

口口kǒumouth

Sound part声符shēngfú

合

合hé哈hā

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

哈 uses 口 (mouth) to show a mouth-related idea, and 合 as a sound part. The shape of 合 may look like two open mouths, but that is likely by chance.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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

土旦坦

Meaning part形符xíngfú

土土tǔearth

Sound part声符shēngfú

旦

旦dàn坦tǎn

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

坦 is made from 土 (earth) plus 旦, which provides the sound. The earth part shows the sense is about ground.

Appears in

International & Diplomacy

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