也门 (yě mén) — Yemen (country) | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Yemen (country)

也门。
yě mén De shǒu dū shì sà nà.
The capital of Yemen is Sana'a.
也门。
Tā qù nián qù yě mén chū chāi le yí gè yuè.
He went to Yemen on a business trip for a month last year.
也门。
yě mén Wèi yú ā lā bó bàn dǎo de xī nán duān.
Yemen is located at the southwestern tip of the Arabian Peninsula.

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

也 originally showed a child crying with an open mouth, with the arms later dropped and the parts fused.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 門; 门 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 門 pictures a gate as two door shapes side by side; the simplified 门 is a later shorthand.