维希 (wéi xī) — Vichy (city in France); Vichy (referring to the…

Definition

Vichy is a city in central France, but in historical reading it usually refers to the WWII French regime that collaborated with Nazi Germany.

noun

Vichy (city in France)Vichy (referring to the WWII Vichy regime)

维希。
wéi xī Shì fǎ guó zhōng bù de yí gè chéng shì.
Vichy is a city in central France.
，维希。
Èr zhàn qī jiān, wéi xī zhèng fǔ yǔ dé guó hé zuò.
During WWII, the Vichy government collaborated with Germany.
维希。
Lì shǐ xué jiā duì wéi xī zhèng quán yǒu hěn duō yán jiū.
Historians have done a lot of research on the Vichy regime.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 維; 维 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

糸糸mìthread

Sound part声符shēngfú

唯

Same sound today

In the traditional form 維, 糸 marks a thread meaning and 唯 provides the sound; the simplified 维 is a later shortened shape.

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

希 is made from 爻 and 巾, which means cloth. How those parts connect to “hope” is not explained.

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