西弗吉尼亚州 (Xī Fú jí ní yà zhōu) — West Virginia (US state)

Definition

noun

West Virginia (US state)

西弗吉尼亚州。
Xī Fú jí ní yà zhōu Zài měi guó dōng bù.
West Virginia is in the eastern United States.
西弗吉尼亚州。
Tā zhù zài Xī Fú jí ní yà zhōu de yí gè xiǎo zhèn shàng.
He lives in a small town in West Virginia.
西弗吉尼亚州。
Xī Fú jí ní yà zhōu Yǐ měi lì de zì rán fēng guāng wén míng.
West Virginia is famous for its beautiful natural scenery.

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.

西弗吉尼亚

西弗吉尼亚 spells West Virginia, with no meaning in its characters; 州 means state.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The old form of 弗 pictures a rope wrapped around two pieces of wood to keep them straight.

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

In the earliest forms, 吉 was drawn with a mouth-like lower part and an upper part that later became today's upper shape.

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.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 亞; 亚 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 亞 likely shows an overhead view of a construction, perhaps a 亞-shaped tomb. Its later simplified form 亚 is just a shorthand.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

州 originally drew an islet in a river.