阿曼 (A màn) — Oman | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Oman

Examples

阿曼。
A màn Shì ā lā bó bàn dǎo de yí gè guó jiā.
Oman is a country on the Arabian Peninsula.
阿曼。
Wǒ míng nián xiǎng qù A màn lǚ yóu.
I want to travel to Oman next year.
阿曼。
A màn De shǒu dū shì mǎ sī kā tè.
The capital of Oman is Muscat.

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.

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.

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