巴格达 (Bā gé dá) — Baghdad (capital of Iraq) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Baghdad (capital of Iraq)

Examples

巴格达。
Bā gé dá Shì yī lā kè de shǒu dū.
Baghdad is the capital of Iraq.
巴格达。
Tā céng jīng zài Bā gé dá gōng zuò guò liǎng nián.
He once worked in Baghdad for two years.
巴格达。
Bā gé dá Yǒu zhe yōu jiǔ de lì shǐ hé fēng fù de wén huà yí chǎn.
Baghdad has a long history and rich cultural heritage.

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.

木各格

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùwood

Sound part声符shēngfú

各

各gè格gé

Same sound today

格 is built from 木 (wood) on the left and 各 on the right, which gives the sound.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

辶大达

Meaning part形符xíngfú

辶Written in full as辵chuò

Sound part声符shēngfú

大

大dà达dá

Same sound today

This form 达 pairs 辶 (written in full as 辵) with 大 as a sound component.

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