巴基斯坦 (Bā jī sī tǎn) — Pakistan | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Pakistan

Examples

巴基斯坦。
Wǒ míng nián xiǎng qù Bā jī sī tǎn lǚ yóu.
I want to travel to Pakistan next year.
巴基斯坦。
Bā jī sī tǎn Hé zhōng guó shì hǎo péng you.
Pakistan and China are good friends.
巴基斯坦，。
Tā lái zì Bā jī sī tǎn, zài běi jīng gōng zuò.
He comes from Pakistan and works in Beijing.

Origin

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.

其土基

Meaning part形符xíngfú

土土tǔearth

Sound part声符shēngfú

其

其qí基jī

Same sound today

The lower 土 means earth, and the upper 其 gives the sound; together they form the idea of a foundation of earth.

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.

土旦坦

Meaning part形符xíngfú

土土tǔearth

Sound part声符shēngfú

旦

旦dàn坦tǎn

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

坦 is made from 土 (earth) plus 旦, which provides the sound. The earth part shows the sense is about ground.

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