马其顿 (Mǎ qí dùn) — Macedonia | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Macedonia

马其顿。
Wǒ míng nián xiǎng qù Mǎ qí dùn lǚ yóu.
I want to travel to Macedonia next year.
马其顿。
Mǎ qí dùn Shì yí gè ōu zhōu guó jiā.
Macedonia is a European country.
马其顿。
Hěn duō rén bù liǎo jiě Mǎ qí dùn de lì shǐ.
Many people don't know much about Macedonia's history.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 馬; 马 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 馬 shows a horse with its head facing left, a flowing mane, and two legs standing vertically.

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

The modern form 其 comes from an early drawing of a basket, with a stand added underneath.

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 頓; 顿 is its simplified writing.

屯頁頓

Meaning part形符xíngfú

頁頁yè

Sound part声符shēngfú

屯

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 頓 combines 屯, drawn as a kneeling person's head, with 頁, and expresses a bow or kowtow. The simplified 顿 replaces 頁 with 页.