穆斯林 (Mù sī lín) — Muslim | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Muslim

Measure word · 个

穆斯林。
Tā shì yí wèi qián chéng de Mù sī lín.
He is a devout Muslim.
穆斯林。
Hěn duō Mù sī lín zài zhāi yuè qī jiān jìn shí.
Many Muslims fast during Ramadan.
穆斯林。
Zhè ge shè qū lǐ zhù zhe hěn duō Mù sī lín.
Many Muslims live in this community.

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.

The characters carry no meaning of their own here; they spell the foreign name Muslim.

Sound-only characters

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.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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

木木林

林 is made of two 木 (tree) placed side by side, showing many trees together, hence a forest.

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