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欧米茄 (ōu mǐ jiā) — Omega (watch brand)

Definition

noun
Omega (watch brand)
Measure word · 块

Examples

  • 欧米茄。
    Wǒ mǎi le yí kuài ōu mǐ jiā shǒu biǎo.
    I bought an Omega watch.
  • 欧米茄。
    Tā de ōu mǐ jiā shǒu biǎo shì xiàn liàng bǎn.
    His Omega watch is a limited edition.
  • 欧米茄。
    Péng you sòng le wǒ yí kuài ōu mǐ jiā.
    My friend gave me an Omega watch.

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.

欧ōu
米mǐ
茄qié

The characters 欧米茄 carry no meaning here; together they spell the foreign name Omega.

Sound-only characters

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 歐; 欧 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
欠欠qiànto yawn; to exhale
Sound part声符shēngfú
區
區qū歐Ōu
Same sound today

The traditional form 歐 pairs 區 as a sound with 欠 (to yawn; to exhale), and was originally written for vomiting; simplified 欧 is a later shorthand.

Open 欧 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

米 is a picture of rice kernels without husk, with the horizontal stroke as a bamboo sieve. It is unrelated to similar-looking grain characters.

Open 米 →

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
艹Written in full as艸cǎograss; plant
Sound part声符shēngfú
加
加jiā茄jiā
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In 茄, the top 艹 marks a plant, and the lower 加 gives the sound.

Open 茄 →
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