布什 (Bù shí) — Bush (surname) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Bush (surname)

Examples

，布什。
Xué xí le měi guó lì shǐ, wǒ zhī dào Bù shí zǒng tǒng.
After studying American history, I learned about President Bush.
布什。
Jīn tiān bào zhǐ shàng yòu tí dào Bù shí le.
The newspaper mentioned Bush again today.
布什。
Bù shí Shì yí wèi hěn yǒu yǐng xiǎng lì de zhèng zhì rén wù.
Bush is a very influential political figure.

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 布 and 什 carry no meaning of their own here; together they spell the foreign name Bush.

Sound-only characters

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú

巾巾jīnkerchief

Sound part声符shēngfú

父

父fù布bù

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

布 pairs 巾, a kerchief, with 父 as a sound part.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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