里昂 (lǐ áng) — Lyon (a city in France) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Lyon (a city in France)

Examples

里昂。
Wǒ míng nián xiǎng qù lǐ áng lǚ yóu.
I want to travel to Lyon next year.
里昂。
lǐ áng Shì fǎ guó dì sān dà chéng shì.
Lyon is the third-largest city in France.
里昂。
lǐ áng Yǐ měi shí hé sī chóu wén míng.
Lyon is famous for its cuisine and silk.

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.

The characters spell the French city name Lyon; 里 and 昂 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 裡; 里 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 里 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (里, 里面) it is 裡; in others (公里) it is 里 or 裏.

衤里裡

Meaning part形符xíngfú

衤Written in full as衣yīclothes

Sound part声符shēngfú

里

里lǐ裡lǐ

Same sound today

The form 裡 pairs 衤 (clothes) with 里 as a sound component.

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

日卬昂

Meaning part形符xíngfú

日日rìsun

Sound part声符shēngfú

卬

卬áng昂áng

Same sound today

昂 pairs 日 (sun) with 卬, a drawing of a standing man and a kneeling man that gives the sound.

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