金浦 (jīn pǔ) — Jinpu (a district in Dalian, Liaoning, China); Gimpo (a city in South Korea)

Definition

noun
Jinpu (a district in Dalian, Liaoning, China)Gimpo (a city in South Korea)

Examples

  • 金浦。
    Wǒ qù nián qù guò jīn pǔ.
    I went to Jinpu last year.
  • 金浦。
    jīn pǔ Shì dà lián de yí gè qū.
    Jinpu is a district of Dalian.
  • 金浦。
    Cóng shǒu ěr dào jīn pǔ kāi chē zhǐ yào yí gè xiǎo shí.
    It's only an hour's drive from Seoul to Gimpo.

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.

金 was drawn with marks for two pieces of metal, along with a part that gave its sound; it first meant copper, then metals and gold.

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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
氵Written in full as水shuǐwater; river
Sound part声符shēngfú
甫
甫fǔ浦pǔ
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

浦 combines 氵 (water) with 甫, which provides the sound.

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