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黄龙 (Huáng lóng) — Huanglong (a county in Shaanxi province, China; also a scenic area in Sichuan)

Definition

noun
Huanglong (a county in Shaanxi province, China; also a scenic area in Sichuan)

Examples

  • 黄龙。
    Wǒ qù nián qù le Huáng lóng lǚ yóu.
    I went to Huanglong for tourism last year.
  • 黄龙。
    Huáng lóng Shì yí gè měi lì de dì fāng.
    Huanglong is a beautiful place.
  • 黄龙。
    Cóng xī ān dào Huáng lóng kāi chē xū yào sān gè xiǎo shí.
    It takes three hours to drive from Xi'an to Huanglong.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

黄huángyellow
龙lóngdragon

The place name combines 黄 with 龙, suggesting a yellow dragon.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 黃; 黄 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
田田tiánfield
Sound part声符shēngfú
炗
炗guāng黃huáng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 黃 pairs 田 (field) with 炗 (light), which gives the sound; the simplified 黄 is a shorthand and its parts are not historical components.

Open 黄 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 龍; 龙 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 龍 originally drew a sacred creature with a large mouth and a snake-like body; the simplified 龙 is the form written here.

Open 龙 →
Appears in
China — Places

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