萨克斯 (sà kè sī) — saxophone

Definition

noun
saxophone
Measure word ·

Examples

  • 萨克斯
    Tā sà kè sī chuī dé hěn hǎo tīng.
    He plays the saxophone very beautifully.
  • 萨克斯
    Tā sòng gěi wǒ yì bǎ xīn sà kè sī.
    She gave me a new saxophone.
  • 萨克斯
    Wǒ men yuè duì xū yào liǎng gè sà kè sī shǒu.
    Our band needs two saxophonists.

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.

萨克斯 spells Saxophone; its characters carry no meaning of their own here.

Sound-only characters

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