菲尼克斯 (Fēi ní kè sī) — Phoenix (capital of Arizona, USA) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Phoenix (capital of Arizona, USA)

Examples

菲尼克斯。
Wǒ zhù zài Fēi ní kè sī.
I live in Phoenix.
菲尼克斯。
Fēi ní kè sī Shì měi guó yà lì sāng nà zhōu de shǒu fǔ.
Phoenix is the capital of the U.S. state of Arizona.
菲尼克斯。
Fēi ní kè sī De dōng tiān hěn nuǎn huo.
Phoenix's winters are very warm.

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.

The characters spell the foreign name Phoenix, so they carry no meaning of their own here.

Sound-only characters

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

艹非菲

Meaning part形符xíngfú

艹Written in full as艸cǎograss; plant

Sound part声符shēngfú

非

非fēi菲fěi

Same sound today

菲 puts 艹, showing a plant, together with 非, which gives its sound.

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.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Appears in

Browse more HSK 7-9 words or search the full 43,000-word dictionary.