智利 (Zhì lì) — Chile | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Chile

Easily confused

智利。
Zhì lì Shì nán měi zhōu zuì xiá cháng de guó jiā.
Chile is the longest and narrowest country in South America.
智利，。
Tā qù nián qù Zhì lì lǚ yóu, kàn le ā tǎ kǎ mǎ shā mò.
She traveled to Chile last year and saw the Atacama Desert.
智利。
Zhì lì De shǒu dū shèng dì yà gē shì yí zuò xiàn dài huà de chéng shì.
Santiago, the capital of Chile, is a modern city.

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.

智利 spells the foreign name Chile; the characters only record syllables and carry no meaning of their own.

Sound-only characters

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

The early form 智 used 大 (adult), 口 (mouth), and 子 (child): an adult speaking to pass knowledge to a child.

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.