黑河 (Hēi hé) — Heihe (city in Heilongjiang, China) | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

Heihe is a city in Heilongjiang province in northeast China, on the border across from Russia.

noun

Heihe (city in Heilongjiang, China)

Examples

黑河。
Wǒ míng nián xiǎng qù Hēi hé kàn kàn.
I want to visit Heihe next year.
黑河。
Hēi hé Shì zhōng guó dōng běi de yí gè chéng shì.
Heihe is a city in northeastern China.
黑河。
Hēi hé Hé é luó sī zhī gé zhe yì tiáo jiāng.
Heihe is separated from Russia by only one river.

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.

The place name 黑河 comes from a black or dark river.

Characters in this word

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

The shape of 黑 seems to come from drawing a head marked with dots, usually read as facial tattoos.

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

水水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

何

何hé河hé

Same sound today

河 pairs 水 (water) with 何, which gives the sound. The 水 part marks it as a word for a river.

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