珠穆朗玛峰 (Zhū mù lǎng mǎ fēng) — Mount Everest (Qomolangma) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Mount Everest (Qomolangma)

Measure word · 座

Examples

珠穆朗玛峰。
Zhū mù lǎng mǎ fēng Shì shì jiè shàng hǎi bá zuì gāo de shān fēng.
Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world.
珠穆朗玛峰。
Hěn duō dēng shān zhě dōu xiǎng zhēng fú Zhū mù lǎng mǎ fēng.
Many climbers want to conquer Mount Everest.
珠穆朗玛峰。
Zhū mù lǎng mǎ fēng Wèi yú zhōng guó hé ní bó ěr de biān jiè shàng.
Mount Everest is located on the border between China and Nepal.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

珠穆朗玛Qomolangma

珠zhū穆mù朗lǎng玛mǎ

音译Transliteration

珠穆朗玛 names the mountain and 峰 marks it as a peak.

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

𤣩Written in full as玉yùjade

Sound part声符shēngfú

朱

朱zhū珠zhū

Same sound today

The left side 𤣩, a form of 玉, connects the character to jade, while the right side 朱 gives the sound.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

禾㣎穆

Meaning part形符xíngfú

禾禾hégrain

Sound part声符shēngfú

㣎

㣎㣎穆mù

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

穆 is built from 禾, grain, with 㣎 added for its sound, giving a picture of standing grain.

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

月月yuèmoon

Sound part声符shēngfú

良

良liáng朗lǎng

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

朗 pairs 月, the moon, with 良 as a sound part.

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 瑪; 玛 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

𤣩Written in full as玉yùjade

Sound part声符shēngfú

馬

馬mǎ瑪

Same sound today

For 玛, the traditional form 瑪 combines 𤣩, a jade part, with 馬, which gives the sound.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

山夆峰

Meaning part形符xíngfú

山山shānmountain

Sound part声符shēngfú

夆

夆páng峰fēng

Same sound today

峰 combines 山 (mountain) with 夆, which gives the character its sound.

Appears in

China — Places Geography & Landforms

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