摩洛哥 (Mó luò gē) — Morocco | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Morocco

摩洛哥。
Wǒ qù guò Mó luò gē lǚ yóu.
I have traveled to Morocco.
摩洛哥。
Mó luò gē De shā mò fēi cháng zhuàng guān.
The desert of Morocco is very spectacular.
摩洛哥。
Wǒ xiǎng liǎo jiě Mó luò gē de wén huà.
I want to learn about Moroccan culture.

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 in 摩洛哥 carry no meaning of their own here; together they spell the foreign name Morocco.

Sound-only characters

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

麻手摩

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

麻

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

摩 combines 手 (hand) with 麻; the hand part relates to the meaning, and 麻 gives the sound.

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

Sound part声符shēngfú

各

各gè洛Luò

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

洛 shows 水 (water) and 各, and 各 supplies the sound.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.