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明尼阿波利斯 (Míng ní ā bō lì sī) — Minneapolis (city in Minnesota, USA)

Definition

noun
Minneapolis (city in Minnesota, USA)

Examples

  • 明尼阿波利斯。
    Wǒ qù nián qù guò Míng ní ā bō lì sī.
    I went to Minneapolis last year.
  • 明尼阿波利斯。
    Míng ní ā bō lì sī Shì měi guó de yí gè dà chéng shì.
    Minneapolis is a big city in the United States.
  • 明尼阿波利斯。
    Cóng zhī jiā gē dào Míng ní ā bō lì sī zuò fēi jī dà yuē liǎng xiǎo shí.
    It takes about two hours by plane from Chicago to Minneapolis.

Origin

Characters in this word

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

明 combines 日 (sun) and 月 (moon), showing the sun just rising while the moon has not yet set, or two bright objects in the sky, to express brightness.

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

The shape draws one person sitting on or leaning against another person, giving the sense of stopping close to someone.

Open 尼 →

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
阜阜fù
Sound part声符shēngfú
可
可kě阿ā
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The part 阜 points to a mound, and 可 gives the pronunciation; 阿 originally meant a big mound.

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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
氵Written in full as水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
皮
皮pí波bō
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The left side 氵 is water, and the right side 皮 gives the sound.

Open 波 →

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

利 combines 禾 (grain) and 刀 (knife), showing a knife used to cut grain.

Open 利 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 斯 →
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