尼罗河 (Ní luó hé) — Nile River | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Nile River

尼罗河。
Ní luó hé Shì shì jiè shàng zuì cháng de hé liú zhī yī.
The Nile is one of the longest rivers in the world.
尼罗河。
Wǒ cóng xiǎo jiù tīng shuō guò Ní luó hé de míng zì.
I have heard the name of the Nile since I was young.
尼罗河。
Gǔ āi jí wén míng fā yuán yú Ní luó hé liú yù.
Ancient Egyptian civilization originated in the Nile basin.

Characters in this word

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

The shape draws one person sitting on or leaning against another person, giving the sense of stopping close to someone.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 羅; 罗 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 羅 combines 网 (net) with 維 (a bird tied with string) to show a net for catching birds; the simplified 罗 is a later abbreviation.

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

Sound part声符shēngfú

何

Same sound today

河 pairs 水 (water) with 何, which gives the sound. The 水 part marks it as a word for a river.

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