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诺贝尔奖 (Nuò bèi ěr jiǎng) — Nobel Prize

Definition

noun
Nobel Prize

Examples

  • 蒿诺贝尔奖。
    Tā yīn wèi fā xiàn qīng hāo sù ér huò dé le Nuò bèi ěr jiǎng.
    She won the Nobel Prize for discovering artemisinin.
  • 诺贝尔奖、。
    Nuò bèi ěr jiǎng Měi nián bān fā gěi zài kē xué, wén xué yǔ hé píng fāng miàn zuò chū jié chū gòng xiàn de rén.
    The Nobel Prize is awarded each year to people who have made outstanding contributions in science, literature, and peace.
  • 诺贝尔奖。
    Zhè wèi zuò jiā de zuò pǐn huò dé le wén xué Nuò bèi ěr jiǎng.
    This writer's work won the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Origin

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 諾; 诺 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yánword, speak
Sound part声符shēngfú
若
若ruò諾nuò
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 諾 pairs 言, meaning word or speak, with 若 as a sound part, for an affirmative answer. The simplified 诺 is a later shorthand.

Open 诺 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 貝; 贝 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 貝, not the simplified 贝, shows a cowrie shell used as money in ancient China.

Open 贝 →

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

假借jiǎjièLater borrowed for its sound alone — the picture has nothing to do with today’s meaning.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 爾; 尔 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 爾, simplified as 尔, originally drew cloth on a loom with crossing threads. It was borrowed for its sound to write “you,” so the picture is unrelated to that meaning.

Open 尔 →

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 獎; 奖 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
犬犬quǎndog
Sound part声符shēngfú
將
將jiāng獎jiǎng
Same sound today

The traditional form 獎 pairs 將 as a sound part with 犬, a dog; the simplified 奖 is a later shorthand. The evidence says the dog part's meaning is unclear, perhaps referring to guiding a dog by voice.

Open 奖 →
Appears in
Science (General)

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