永登 (Yǒng dēng) — Yongdeng County (in Gansu Province, China)

Definition

Yongdeng is the name of a county in central Gansu Province, in northwest China.

noun
Yongdeng County (in Gansu Province, China)

Examples

  • 永登。
    Wǒ míng nián dǎ suàn qù Yǒng dēng lǚ yóu.
    I plan to travel to Yongdeng next year.
  • 永登。
    Yǒng dēng Wèi yú gān sù shěng de zhōng bù.
    Yongdeng is located in the central part of Gansu Province.
  • 永登。
    Tā zài Yǒng dēng xiàn zhèng fǔ gōng zuò.
    He works at the Yongdeng county government.

Origin

Characters in this word

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

The shape of 永 was drawn as a long river with side streams, or as a person swimming in water.

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

  • 癶癶bōleft and right feet
  • 豆豆dòupictogrammic of raised object; stepping stone

登 pairs 癶, left and right feet, with 豆, a raised object or stepping stone; its older form also showed two hands at the bottom, which later dropped.

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