巴伦西亚 (Bā lún xī yà) — Valencia (city in Spain) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Valencia (city in Spain)

Examples

巴伦西亚，。
Wǒ qù nián qù guò Bā lún xī yà, hěn xǐ huan nà lǐ de fēng jǐng.
I went to Valencia last year and really liked the scenery there.
巴伦西亚。
Bā lún xī yà Shì xī bān yá dì sān dà chéng shì.
Valencia is Spain's third-largest city.
巴伦西亚。
Wǒ de péng you zài Bā lún xī yà liú xué.
My friend is studying abroad in Valencia.

Origin

Single-morpheme word

构词法gòucífǎ

音译yīnyìTransliteration

The characters spell the sound of a foreign word; their individual meanings play no part.

The characters carry no meaning here; the word spells Valencia.

Sound-only characters

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 倫; 伦 is its simplified writing.

人侖倫

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

侖

侖lún倫lún

Same sound today

The traditional form 倫 uses 人 to show people and 侖 to give its sound; the simplified 伦 is a later shorthand.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 亞; 亚 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 亞 likely shows an overhead view of a construction, perhaps a 亞-shaped tomb. Its later simplified form 亚 is just a shorthand.

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