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泰坦尼克号 (Tài tǎn ní kè hào) — RMS Titanic (British passenger liner that sank in 1912)

Definition

noun
RMS Titanic (British passenger liner that sank in 1912)
Measure word · 艘

Examples

  • 泰坦尼克号1912。
    Tài tǎn ní kè hào Zài 1912 nián chén mò le.
    The Titanic sank in 1912.
  • 泰坦尼克号。
    Zhè bù diàn yǐng shì guān yú Tài tǎn ní kè hào de gù shi.
    This movie is about the story of the Titanic.
  • 泰坦尼克号。
    Tā men cān guān le Tài tǎn ní kè hào de zhǎn lǎn.
    They visited the exhibition of the Titanic.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

泰坦尼克
泰tài坦tǎn尼ní克kè
号hàoship

泰坦尼克 transliterates Titanic, and 号 means ship; together they name the ship Titanic.

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
廾廾gǒngtwo hands
水水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
大
大dà泰tài
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

泰 combines 大 for sound with 廾 (two hands) and 水 (water), showing hands handling water or something slippery.

Open 泰 →

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
土土tǔearth
Sound part声符shēngfú
旦
旦dàn坦tǎn
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

坦 is made from 土 (earth) plus 旦, which provides the sound. The earth part shows the sense is about ground.

Open 坦 →

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

The shape draws one person sitting on or leaning against another person, giving the sense of stopping close to someone.

Open 尼 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 克 →

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

  • 口口kǒumouth
  • 丂丂kǎoexhaled air; a tiger's cry

The shape 号 comes from 口, a mouth, and 丂, exhaled air or a tiger's cry.

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Appears in
Boats & Water Travel

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