巴厘岛 (Bā lí dǎo) — Bali | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Bali

Examples

巴厘岛。
Wǒ qù nián xià tiān qù le Bā lí dǎo lǚ xíng.
I went to Bali on a trip last summer.
巴厘岛，。
Bā lí dǎo Shì yí gè hěn měi dì dì fāng, měi nián yǒu hěn duō rén qù lǚ yóu.
Bali is a very beautiful place, and many people go there to travel every year.
巴厘岛。
Wǒ xī wàng míng nián néng zài qù yí cì Bā lí dǎo.
I hope I can go to Bali again next year.

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.

巴厘Bali

巴厘 spells the foreign name Bali, and 岛 adds the island sense.

Characters in this word

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 釐; 厘 is its simplified writing.

𠩺里釐

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

𠩺

𠩺𠩺釐lí

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

The traditional form 釐 uses 里 as its meaning part and 𠩺 as its sound part; the simplified 厘 is a later shorthand.

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.

Appears in

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