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索尼 (Suǒ ní) — Sony (Japanese multinational electronics corporation)

Definition

noun
Sony (Japanese multinational electronics corporation)

Examples

  • 索尼。
    Suǒ ní Shì yì jiā rì běn gōng sī.
    Sony is a Japanese company.
  • 索尼。
    Wǒ mǎi le yì tái Suǒ ní diàn shì.
    I bought a Sony TV.
  • 索尼。
    Suǒ ní De xiàng jī zhì liàng hěn hǎo.
    Sony's cameras are of good quality.

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.

索suǒ
尼ní

The characters 索尼 only transliterate the foreign name Sony; they carry no meaning of their own here.

Sound-only characters

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

  • 糸糸mìthread
  • 𣎳𣎳𣎳strip fibres off a hemp stalk

索 combines 糸 (thread) and 𣎳 (stripping fibres from a hemp stalk), showing threads or rope being pulled out from a fabric.

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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.

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Appears in
Business & Commerce

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