星巴克 (xīng bā kè) — Starbucks (coffee shop chain) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Starbucks (coffee shop chain)

Measure word · 家

Examples

星巴克。
Wǒ jīn tiān zài xīng bā kè mǎi le yì bēi ná tiě.
I bought a latte at Starbucks today.
星巴克，。
Wǒ men yuē zài xīng bā kè jiàn miàn ba, lí dì tiě zhàn hěn jìn.
Let's meet at Starbucks — it's close to the subway station.
星巴克，。
Zhè jiā xīng bā kè de huán jìng hěn ān jìng, shì hé gōng zuò.
This Starbucks has a very quiet atmosphere, suitable for working.

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.

'星巴克' spells Starbucks; the characters carry no meaning of their own 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.

晶晶jīngtwinkling stars
生生shēng

The top of 星 is a later simplified form of 晶, twinkling stars; the bottom 生 shows the sound.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Appears in

Dining & Restaurants

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