阿联酋 (A lián qiú) — United Arab Emirates (abbreviation for 阿拉伯联合酋长国)

Definition

noun

United Arab Emirates (abbreviation for 阿拉伯联合酋长国)

Measure word · 个

阿联酋。
A lián qiú Shì yí gè wèi yú zhōng dōng de fù yù guó jiā.
The UAE is a wealthy country located in the Middle East.
阿联酋，。
Qù nián wǒ qù A lián qiú lǚ yóu, cān guān le dí bài tǎ.
Last year I traveled to the UAE and visited the Burj Khalifa.
阿联酋。
A lián qiú De shǒu dū shì ā bù zhā bǐ.
The capital of the UAE is Abu Dhabi.

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.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 聯; 联 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 聯 combines 耳 (ear) and 絲 (silk); 联 is a simplified form of 聯.

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

酋 shows liquid exposed above a vessel.