安达曼群岛 (An dá màn qún dǎo) — Andaman Islands | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Andaman Islands

Examples

安达曼群岛，。
An dá màn qún dǎo Wèi yú yìn dù yáng, shì yí gè fēng jǐng yōu měi de dì fāng.
The Andaman Islands are located in the Indian Ocean, a place of beautiful scenery.
安达曼群岛，。
Wǒ men qù An dá màn qún dǎo lǚ xíng le yì zhōu, kàn dào le hěn duō rè dài yú.
We traveled to the Andaman Islands for a week and saw many tropical fish.
安达曼群岛，。
An dá màn qún dǎo De hǎi tān fēi cháng gān jìng, xī yǐn le xǔ duō yóu kè.
The beaches of the Andaman Islands are very clean, attracting many tourists.

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.

安达曼Andaman

安ān达dá曼màn

音译Transliteration

群岛archipelago

群qúngroup岛dǎoisland

偏正Modifier + head

安达曼 spells the foreign name, and 群 and 岛 give a cluster of islands.

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.

宀女安

Meaning part形符xíngfú

宀宀mián

Sound part声符shēngfú

女

女nǚ安ān

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

In 安, 宀 sits above a seated 女 on a cushion; 宀 is the meaning part, 女 is the sound part, and the character originally meant sitting at ease.

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

辶大达

Meaning part形符xíngfú

辶Written in full as辵chuò

Sound part声符shēngfú

大

大dà达dá

Same sound today

This form 达 pairs 辶 (written in full as 辵) with 大 as a sound component.

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.

君羊群

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

君

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

群 pairs 羊, a sheep, to point to a herd or group, with 君 giving the sound.

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 島; 岛 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

山山shānmountain

Sound part声符shēngfú

鳥

鳥niǎo島dǎo

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

The traditional form 島 uses 山, meaning mountain, and 鳥 for the sound. The simplified 岛 is a later shorthand.

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