新泽西 (Xīn zé xī) — New Jersey | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

New Jersey

Examples

新泽西。
Wǒ qù nián xià tiān zài Xīn zé xī zhù le yí gè yuè.
I stayed in New Jersey for a month last summer.
新泽西。
Xīn zé xī De fáng jià bǐ niǔ yuē shì pián yi hěn duō.
Housing prices in New Jersey are much cheaper than in New York City.
新泽西。
Tā de gōng sī zǒng bù shè zài Xīn zé xī.
His company's headquarters is located in New Jersey.

Origin

Characters in this word

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

假借jiǎjièLater borrowed for its sound alone — the picture has nothing to do with today’s meaning.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

斤斤jīn

Sound part声符shēngfú

辛

辛xīn新xīn

Same sound today

The shape originally paired 斤, for chopping wood, with 辛 for sound. It was borrowed for its sound to write 新, so the chopping-wood parts are unrelated to 'new'.

Open 新 →

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 澤; 泽 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

水水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

睪

睪yì澤zé

Same sound today

The traditional form 澤 pairs 水 (water) with 睪 for the sound; the simplified 泽 is a shorthand, so its parts are not the historical parts.

Open 泽 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.