街名 (jiē míng) — street name | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

street name

Examples

街名。
Qǐng gào sù wǒ zhè tiáo jiē de jiē míng.
Please tell me the street name of this street.
街名。
Zhè zhāng dì tú shàng biāo chū le suǒ yǒu de jiē míng.
This map shows all the street names.
街名。
Lǎo chéng qū de jiē míng dà duō hěn yǒu lì shǐ yì yì.
The street names in the old city are mostly very historically significant.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

街 names a street and 名 means name, together street name.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

圭

圭guī街jiē

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

街 combines 行 and 圭: 行 is the meaning part, and 圭 is the sound part. Originally, 圭 drew a pair of ritual axes, not earth.

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

夕口名

夕夕xīcrescent moon
口口kǒumouth

名 puts 夕 (crescent moon) above 口 (mouth), showing a name spoken in the dark.

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