德克萨斯 (Dé kè sà sī) — Texas (US state) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Texas (US state)

Examples

德克萨斯。
Wǒ míng nián xiǎng qù Dé kè sà sī lǚ xíng.
I want to travel to Texas next year.
德克萨斯。
Dé kè sà sī Shì měi guó miàn jī dì èr dà de zhōu.
Texas is the second largest state in the US by area.
德克萨斯。
Dé kè sà sī De kǎo ròu fēi cháng yǒu míng.
Texas barbecue is very famous.

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.

德克萨斯 spells Texas with 德克萨斯; the written syllables carry no meaning of their own here.

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

彳彳chìroad

Sound part声符shēngfú

惪

惪dé德dé

Same sound today

德 combines 彳, a road, with 惪, a component meaning virtue that also supplies the sound.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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