暹粒 (xiān lì) — Siem Reap (city in Cambodia)

Definition

noun
Siem Reap (city in Cambodia)

Examples

  • 暹粒,。
    Wǒ jì huà míng nián qù xiān lì lǚ xíng, kàn kàn wú gē kū.
    I plan to travel to Siem Reap next year to see Angkor Wat.
  • 暹粒。
    xiān lì Shì jiǎn pǔ zhài zuì shòu huān yíng de lǚ yóu chéng shì zhī yī.
    Siem Reap is one of the most popular tourist cities in Cambodia.
  • 暹粒。
    Cóng xiān lì dào jīn biān kě yǐ zuò dà bā huò fēi jī.
    You can take a bus or a plane from Siem Reap to Phnom Penh.

Origin

Characters in this word

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

  • 日日rìsun
  • 進進jìnto advance

暹 is built from 日 (sun) and 進 (to advance).

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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
米米mǐrice
Sound part声符shēngfú
立
立lì粒lì
Same sound today

粒 pairs 米 (rice) with 立, which gives its pronunciation.

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