伊朗 (Yī lǎng) — Iran | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Iran

伊朗。
Yī lǎng Shì zhōng dōng dì qū de yí gè zhòng yào guó jiā.
Iran is an important country in the Middle East.
伊朗。
Wǒ zuì jìn kàn le yì běn guān yú Yī lǎng lì shǐ de shū.
I recently read a book about the history of Iran.
伊朗。
Yī lǎng De wén huà hé yì shù zài shì jiè shàng hěn yǒu míng.
Iran's culture and art are very famous in the world.

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.

伊朗 spells the foreign name Iran; the characters carry no meaning of their own 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.

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

Sound part声符shēngfú

良

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

朗 pairs 月, the moon, with 良 as a sound part.