好望角 (Hǎo wàng Jiǎo) — Cape of Good Hope

Definition

noun
Cape of Good Hope

Examples

  • 好望角。
    Fēi zhōu nán duān de Hǎo wàng Jiǎo shì yí gè hěn yǒu míng de hǎi jiǎo.
    The Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa is a very famous cape.
  • 好望角？。
    Nǐ tīng shuō guò Hǎo wàng Jiǎo ma? hěn duō rén dōu xiǎng qù nà lǐ kàn kàn.
    Have you heard of the Cape of Good Hope? Many people want to go there.
  • 好望角。
    Qù nián tā men zuò chuán rào guò le Hǎo wàng Jiǎo.
    Last year they sailed around the Cape of Good Hope.

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.

好望good hope
好hǎogood望wànghope
偏正Modifier + head
角jiǎocape

好望 conveys good hope and 角 conveys cape.

Characters in this word

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

好 joins 女 (woman) and 子 (child), understood as a woman with a child, linked to goodness or affection.

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

  • 臣臣chéneye
  • 𡈼𡈼𡈼person standing on the ground

望 originally showed 臣 (eye) beside 𡈼 (person standing on the ground): a person standing up and looking off into the distance. Later 月 was added, and the 臣 part became 亡.

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

The form 角 is a picture of a horn.

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