捷克 (Jié kè) — Czech Republic (country) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Czech Republic (country)

Examples

捷克。
Wǒ xià ge xīng qī yào qù Jié kè.
I'm going to the Czech Republic next week.
捷克。
Jié kè De shǒu dū shì bù lā gé.
The capital of the Czech Republic is Prague.
捷克。
Jié kè De pí jiǔ hěn yǒu míng.
The beer from the Czech Republic 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.

捷克 spells Czech; the characters carry no meaning of their own.

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

手手shǒuhand

Sound part声符shēngfú

疌

疌jié捷jié

Same sound today

捷 pairs 手 (hand) with 疌, which gives its sound.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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