阿克伦 (A kè lún) — Akron (city in Ohio, USA)

Definition

noun

Akron (city in Ohio, USA)

阿克伦。
Wǒ xià ge xīng qī yào qù A kè lún chū chāi.
I need to go to Akron on a business trip next week.
阿克伦。
A kè lún Shì měi guó é hài é zhōu de yí gè chéng shì.
Akron is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio.
阿克伦？
Nǐ yǐ qián qù guò A kè lún ma?
Have you been to Akron before?

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 merely spell the foreign place name; none carries 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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

阜阜fù

Sound part声符shēngfú

可

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The part 阜 points to a mound, and 可 gives the pronunciation; 阿 originally meant a big mound.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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 倫; 伦 is its simplified writing.

人侖倫

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

侖

侖lún倫lún

Same sound today

The traditional form 倫 uses 人 to show people and 侖 to give its sound; the simplified 伦 is a later shorthand.