路易斯安那州 (Lù yì sī ān nà zhōu) — Louisiana, US state

Definition

noun
LouisianaUS state

Examples

  • 路易斯安那州，。
    Lù yì sī ān nà zhōu Wèi yú měi guó nán bù, yǐ zhǎo zé hé yīn yuè wén míng.
    Louisiana is located in the southern United States, famous for its swamps and music.
  • 。
    Qù nián shǔ jià wǒ qù Lù yì sī ān nà zhōu lǚ xíng le yí gè xīng qī.
    Last summer vacation I traveled to Louisiana for a week.
  • 路易斯安那州。
    Lù yì sī ān nà zhōu De xīn ào ěr liáng shì yǐ měi shí hé kuáng huān jié zhù chēng.
    New Orleans in Louisiana is famous for its food and Mardi Gras.

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.

路易斯安那Louisiana
路lù易yì斯sī安ān那nà
州zhōustate

路易斯安那 spells Louisiana, and 州 means state, giving the state of Louisiana.

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
足足zú
Sound part声符shēngfú
各
各gè路lù
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

路 combines 足, a foot, with 各, which supplies the sound.

Open 路 →

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

The early form of 易 was a drawing of a filled container, not a chameleon. It showed something full that could be given out.

Open 易 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 斯 →

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
宀宀mián
Sound part声符shēngfú
女
女nǚ安ān
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In 安, 宀 sits above a seated 女 on a cushion; 宀 is the meaning part, 女 is the sound part, and the character originally meant sitting at ease.

Open 安 →

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
邑邑yìcity
Sound part声符shēngfú
冄
冉rǎn那nà
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The right part 邑 shows a city, and the left part 冄 (written 冉) gives the sound. The character first named a state and was later used to mean 'that'.

Open 那 →

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

州 originally drew an islet in a river.

Open 州 →

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