伊斯兰 (Yī sī lán) — Islam | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Islam

Examples

伊斯兰。
Yī sī lán Shì shì jiè zhǔ yào zōng jiào zhī yī.
Islam is one of the world's major religions.
伊斯兰。
Tā lái zì yí gè xìn yǎng Yī sī lán de guó jiā.
He comes from a country that practices Islam.
伊斯兰。
Yī sī lán Wén huà duì yì shù hé jiàn zhù yǐng xiǎng hěn dà.
Islamic culture has a great influence on art and architecture.

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 伊斯兰 spell the foreign name Islam and carry no meaning here.

Sound-only characters

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

亻尹伊

Meaning part形符xíngfú

亻Written in full as人rénperson

Sound part声符shēngfú

尹

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The left part 亻 shows a person. The right part 尹 is used for the sound.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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 蘭; 兰 is its simplified writing.

艹闌蘭

Meaning part形符xíngfú

艹Written in full as艸cǎoplant

Sound part声符shēngfú

闌

闌lán蘭lán

Same sound today

In the traditional form 蘭, 艹 marks it as a plant and 闌 stands for the sound; the simplified 兰 is a later shorthand, not the original parts.

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Religion & Belief

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