岘港 (xiàn gǎng) — Da Nang (city in Vietnam)

Definition

noun
Da Nang (city in Vietnam)

Examples

  • 岘港。
    Wǒ míng nián xiǎng qù xiàn gǎng lǚ yóu.
    I want to travel to Da Nang next year.
  • 岘港。
    xiàn gǎng De hǎi tān fēi cháng piào liang.
    The beaches in Da Nang are very beautiful.
  • 岘港？
    Nǐ yǐ qián qù guò xiàn gǎng ma?
    Have you been to Da Nang before?

Origin

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 峴; 岘 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
山山shānmountain
Sound part声符shēngfú
見
見jiàn峴
Same sound today

The traditional form 峴 pairs 山 (mountain) with 見 as a sound component; the simplified 岘 is a later shorthand, so its right side is not the historical component.

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
水水shuǐriver; water
Sound part声符shēngfú
巷
巷xiàng港gǎng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

港 uses 水 (river; water) to show its meaning and 巷 to give its sound.

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