赛格 (sài gē) — Sega (video game company) | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

Brand name: the Japanese video game company Sega (maker of Sonic, the Dreamcast console, etc.). Used as a proper noun referring to the company itself or its products.

noun

Sega (video game company)

Examples

赛格。
sài gē Gōng sī tuī chū le hěn duō jīng diǎn yóu xì.
Sega has released many classic games.
赛格《》。
Wǒ xiǎo shí hou zuì xǐ huan wán sài gē de 《suǒ ní kè》.
When I was little, I loved playing Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog.
赛格。
sài gē Céng jīng shì yóu xì jī shì chǎng de zhòng yào jìng zhēng zhě.
Sega was once a major competitor in the console market.

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.

赛格 spells Sega; 赛 and 格 carry no independent meaning 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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 賽; 赛 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

貝貝bèishell

Sound part声符shēngfú

塞

塞sāi賽sài

Same sound today

The traditional form 賽 uses 貝 (shell) for meaning and 塞 for sound. The simplified 赛 is a later shorthand.

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

木各格

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùwood

Sound part声符shēngfú

各

各gè格gé

Same sound today

格 is built from 木 (wood) on the left and 各 on the right, which gives the sound.

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