温斯顿 (wēn sī dú) — Winston (transliteration of the English name)

Definition

noun
Winston (transliteration of the English name)

Examples

  • 温斯顿·。
    wēn sī dú · Qiū jí ěr shì yīng guó zhù míng de zhèng zhì jiā.
    Winston Churchill is a famous British statesman.
  • 温斯顿。
    Wǒ de yīng wén míng zì jiào wēn sī dú.
    My English name is Winston.
  • 温斯顿。
    wēn sī dú Xiān sheng shì zhè jiā gōng sī de chuàng shǐ rén.
    Mr. Winston is the founder of this company.

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.

温wēn
斯sī
顿dùn

温斯顿 spells the English name Winston, and the characters carry no meaning of their own.

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 溫; 温 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 溫 is based on an older form 𥁕, which drew a person bathing in a container full of warm water. The simplified 温 is a later variant.

Open 温 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 斯 →

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 頓; 顿 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
頁頁yè
Sound part声符shēngfú
屯
屯tún頓dùn
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 頓 combines 屯, drawn as a kneeling person's head, with 頁, and expresses a bow or kowtow. The simplified 顿 replaces 頁 with 页.

Open 顿 →

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