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法拉利 (Fǎ lā lì) — Ferrari (Italian luxury sports car brand)

Definition

noun
Ferrari (Italian luxury sports car brand)
Measure word · 辆

Examples

  • 法拉利。
    Tā kāi le yí liàng hóng sè de Fǎ lā lì.
    He drives a red Ferrari.
  • 法拉利。
    Wǒ zài chē zhǎn shàng kàn dào le yí liàng Fǎ lā lì.
    I saw a Ferrari at the auto show.
  • 法拉利。
    Tā de mèng xiǎng shì mǎi yí liàng Fǎ lā lì.
    His dream is to buy a Ferrari.

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.

法fǎ
拉lā
利lì

The characters 法, 拉, 利 only spell the foreign name Ferrari and carry no meaning 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
氵Written in full as水shuǐwater
廌廌zhìa type of antelope or caprid
Sound part声符shēngfú
盍
盍hé法fǎ
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

法's older form combined 氵 (water) and 廌 (a type of antelope or caprid), with 盍 as a sound part; later 廌 was dropped.

Open 法 →

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
手手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
立
立lì拉lā
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

拉 pairs 手 (hand) with 立, a component that supplies the sound.

Open 拉 →

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.

Open 利 →
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