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波恩 (Bō ēn) — Bonn (city in Germany)

Definition

noun
Bonn (city in Germany)

Examples

  • 波恩。
    Wǒ qù nián qù Bō ēn lǚ xíng le.
    I traveled to Bonn last year.
  • 波恩。
    Bō ēn Shì dé guó de yí gè chéng shì.
    Bonn is a city in Germany.
  • 波恩。
    Tā céng zài Bō ēn liú xué liǎng nián.
    He studied abroad in Bonn for two years.

Origin

Characters in this word

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
Sound part声符shēngfú
皮
皮pí波bō
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The left side 氵 is water, and the right side 皮 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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
心心xīnheart
Sound part声符shēngfú
因
因yīn恩ēn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

恩 puts 因, which gives the sound, beside 心, a heart.

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