康涅狄格州 (Kāng niè dí gé zhōu) — Connecticut (US state) | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Connecticut (US state)

Examples

康涅狄格州。
Tā qù Kāng niè dí gé zhōu chū chāi yí gè xīng qī.
He went to Connecticut on a business trip for a week.
康涅狄格州，。
Wǒ de dà xué zài Kāng niè dí gé zhōu, nà lǐ dōng tiān hěn lěng.
My university is in Connecticut; it's very cold there in winter.
康涅狄格州。
Kāng niè dí gé zhōu Shì měi guó dōng bù de yí gè zhōu.
Connecticut is a state in the eastern United States.

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.

康涅狄格

康kāng涅niè狄dí格gé

The 康涅狄格 spells a sound, and 州 marks a state.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

庚庚gēngthreshing tools
米米mǐrice

康 pairs 庚 (threshing tools) with 米 (rice), showing rice being processed into chaff.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

氵土日涅

氵水shuǐwater
土土tǔsoil
日日rì

涅 puts together 氵 (water) and 土 (soil), while 日 gives the sound.

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.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

州 originally drew an islet in a river.

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