康诺特 (kāng nuò tè) — Connacht (a province in Ireland)

Definition

noun

Connacht (a province in Ireland)

康诺特。
kāng nuò tè Shì ài ěr lán de yí gè shěng.
Connacht is a province of Ireland.
康诺特。
Wǒ qù nián xià tiān qù le kāng nuò tè.
I went to Connacht last summer.
康诺特。
kāng nuò tè Yǐ měi lì de zì rán fēng guāng wén míng.
Connacht is famous for its beautiful natural scenery.

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.

康诺特 spells the Irish province Connacht; the characters carry no meaning of their own here.

Sound-only characters

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

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

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 諾; 诺 is its simplified writing.

言若諾

Meaning part形符xíngfú

言言yánword, speak

Sound part声符shēngfú

若

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

The traditional form 諾 pairs 言, meaning word or speak, with 若 as a sound part, for an affirmative answer. The simplified 诺 is a later shorthand.

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

牛寺特

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

寺

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The shape combines 牛 (ox) with 寺, which gives the pronunciation; it originally meant a large bull.