百慕大 (Bǎi mù dà) — Bermuda | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Bermuda

Examples

百慕大。
Tā hěn xiǎng qù Bǎi mù dà lǚ yóu.
He really wants to travel to Bermuda.
百慕大？？
Bǎi mù dà Zài nǎ lǐ? nǐ zhī dào ma?
Where is Bermuda? Do you know?
百慕大，。
Wǒ de péng you qù guò Bǎi mù dà, tā shuō nà lǐ hěn měi.
My friend has been to Bermuda, and he says it's very beautiful.

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.

一白百

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

白

白bái百bǎi

Same sound today

百 combines 一, which carries the number meaning, with 白, which provides the sound.

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

莫㣺慕

Meaning part形符xíngfú

㣺Written in full as心xīnheart

Sound part声符shēngfú

莫

莫mò慕mù

Same sound today

慕 combines 莫 for the sound with the lower 㣺, a form of 心 (heart).

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The form 大 is a picture of a person standing and facing forward, not of someone stretching their arms.

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