亚丁 (Yà dīng) — Aden (city in Yemen) | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Aden (city in Yemen)

亚丁。
Míng nián wǒ dǎ suàn qù Yà dīng lǚ xíng.
I plan to travel to Aden next year.
亚丁。
Yà dīng Shì yě mén de zhòng yào gǎng kǒu chéng shì.
Aden is an important port city in Yemen.
亚丁。
Tā céng jīng zài Yà dīng gōng zuò guò liǎng nián.
He once worked in Aden for two years.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 亞; 亚 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 亞 likely shows an overhead view of a construction, perhaps a 亞-shaped tomb. Its later simplified form 亚 is just a shorthand.

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

丁 may picture a nail head, a person's head, a square city wall, or a square star pattern.