黎巴嫩 (Lí bā nèn) — Lebanon (country) | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Lebanon (country)

Examples

黎巴嫩。
Lí bā nèn Shì yí gè wèi yú zhōng dōng de guó jiā.
Lebanon is a country located in the Middle East.
黎巴嫩。
Lí bā nèn De shǒu dū shì bèi lǔ tè.
The capital of Lebanon is Beirut.
黎巴嫩。
Qù nián wǒ qù Lí bā nèn lǚ xíng le.
Last year I traveled to Lebanon.

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.

The characters 黎巴嫩 carry no meaning of their own here; together they spell the name Lebanon.

Sound-only characters

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

黍黍shǔmillet

Sound part声符shēngfú

利

利lì黎lí

Same sound today

黎 pairs 黍, meaning millet, with 利 as its sound part; here the 黍 part is shortened.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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