旁遮普 (Páng zhē pǔ) — Punjab (region in South Asia, divided between I…

Definition

noun

Punjab (region in South Asia, divided between India and Pakistan)

旁遮普。
Páng zhē pǔ Shì yìn dù běi bù de yí gè zhòng yào bāng.
Punjab is an important state in northern India.
旁遮普。
Bā jī sī tǎn de Páng zhē pǔ shěng yǐ nóng yè wén míng.
Punjab province in Pakistan is famous for agriculture.
旁遮普。
Páng zhē pǔ De wén huà hé yīn yuè zài quán shì jiè dōu hěn yǒu míng.
Punjab's culture and music are very famous worldwide.

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 旁, 遮, 普 spell the name Punjab and do not carry separate meanings 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

Sound part声符shēngfú

方

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

In 旁, 方 is the lower part and gives the sound. The upper part is unclear and may have been part of the meaning.

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

辶庶遮

Meaning part形符xíngfú

辶Written in full as辵chuòroad

Sound part声符shēngfú

庶

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

遮 has 辶, a road-like part, and 庶 (shù, 'numerous'), which gives it its sound.

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

並日普

普 is made of 日 (sun) and 並 (side by side).