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麦克阿瑟 (Mài kè ā sè) — (Douglas) MacArthur

Definition

noun
(Douglas) MacArthur

Examples

  • ，麦克阿瑟。
    Èr zhàn qī jiān, Mài kè ā sè shì méng jūn de zhòng yào jiàng lǐng.
    During World War II, MacArthur was an important general of the Allied forces.
  • 麦克阿瑟。
    Hěn duō lì shǐ shū dōu jì zǎi le Mài kè ā sè de gù shi.
    Many history books record the story of MacArthur.
  • 麦克阿瑟。
    Rì běn zhàn hòu chóng jiàn shòu dào Mài kè ā sè de yǐng xiǎng.
    Japan's post-war reconstruction was influenced by MacArthur.

Origin

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.

麦mài
克kè
阿ā
瑟sè

麦克阿瑟 spells the foreign name MacArthur; the characters have no meanings of their own 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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 麥; 麦 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
夊夊suīfootprint pointing down; to walk slowly
Sound part声符shēngfú
來
來lái麥mài
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

For 麦, the traditional form 麥 pairs 來, which gives the sound and once meant wheat, with 夊, a footprint pointing down for slow walking.

Open 麦 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 克 →

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
可kě阿ā
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.

Open 阿 →

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
珡珡qínmusical instrument
Sound part声符shēngfú
必
必bì瑟sè
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The shape of 瑟 combines 珡, a musical-instrument part, with 必 to give the sound.

Open 瑟 →
Appears in
Military & Defense

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