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夏普 (xià pǔ) — Sharp Corporation (Japanese electronics brand)

Definition

noun
Sharp Corporation (Japanese electronics brand)

Examples

  • 夏普。
    Wǒ mǎi le yì tái xià pǔ de diàn shì.
    I bought a Sharp TV.
  • 夏普。
    Zhè ge xià pǔ pǐn pái de shǒu jī zhì liàng hěn hǎo.
    This Sharp brand phone has good quality.
  • 夏普？
    Nǐ tīng shuō guò xià pǔ ma?
    Have you heard of Sharp?

Origin

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

  • 日日rìsun
  • 頁頁yèhead; man

Some scholars connect 夏 to 日 (sun) and 頁 (head; man), reading it as a man under the sun, but this is uncertain.

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

  • 並並bìngside by side
  • 日日rìsun

普 is made of 日 (sun) and 並 (side by side).

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