格兰仕 (gé lán shì) — Galanz (Chinese home appliance brand)

Definition

Galanz, a well-known Chinese home-appliance brand especially associated with microwave ovens. Use it like any brand name — to specify the maker of the product, not the product itself.

noun
Galanz (Chinese home appliance brand)

Examples

  • 格兰仕。
    Wǒ jiā de wēi bō lú shì gé lán shì de.
    The microwave oven in my home is Galanz.
  • 格兰仕。
    gé lán shì Shì zhōng guó hěn yǒu míng de jiā diàn pǐn pái.
    Galanz is a very famous home appliance brand in China.
  • 格兰仕。
    Tā xiǎng mǎi yì tái gé lán shì de kōng tiáo.
    He wants to buy a Galanz air conditioner.

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.

格gé
兰lán
仕shì

The characters 格兰仕 only spell the brand name Galanz and 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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
木木mùwood
Sound part声符shēngfú
各
各gè格gé
Same sound today

格 is built from 木 (wood) on the left and 各 on the right, which gives the sound.

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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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 蘭; 兰 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
艹Written in full as艸cǎoplant
Sound part声符shēngfú
闌
闌lán蘭lán
Same sound today

In the traditional form 蘭, 艹 marks it as a plant and 闌 stands for the sound; the simplified 兰 is a later shorthand, not the original parts.

Open 兰 →

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
⺅Written in full as人rénperson
Sound part声符shēngfú
士
士shì仕shì
Same sound today

仕 pairs ⺅ (person) with 士, which sounds like 仕 and means a person in an official role, so the shape shows someone serving as an official.

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