巴比伦 (Bā bǐ lún) — Babylon | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Babylon

Examples

巴比伦。
Bā bǐ lún Shì gǔ dài liǎng hé liú yù de zhòng yào chéng shì.
Babylon was an important city in ancient Mesopotamia.
巴比伦。
Lì shǐ kè shàng lǎo shī jiǎng le Bā bǐ lún de kōng zhōng huā yuán.
In history class, the teacher talked about the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
巴比伦。
Bā bǐ lún De wén míng duì shì jiè yǐng xiǎng hěn dà.
Babylonian civilization had a great influence on the world.

Origin

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 巴 →

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

匕匕bǐ
匕匕bǐ

比 is two 匕 placed side by side. Chu Wan-li treats both as sound parts, while an old reading takes the side-by-side arrangement as putting things next to each other.

Open 比 →

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

人人rén

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.

Open 伦 →