伊顿 (yī dú) — Eton (place name, e.g., Eton College in England)

Definition

noun

Eton (place name, e.g., Eton College in England)

伊顿。
Tā céng jīng zài yī dú dú shū.
He once studied at Eton.
伊顿。
yī dú Shì yì suǒ zhù míng de yīng guó xué xiào.
Eton is a famous British school.
伊顿。
yī dú De bì yè shēng hěn duō dōu jìn rù le shì jiè shàng zuì hǎo de dà xué.
Many of Eton's graduates have entered the world's best universities.

Characters in this word

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 頓; 顿 is its simplified writing.

屯頁頓

Meaning part形符xíngfú

頁頁yè

Sound part声符shēngfú

屯

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 頓 combines 屯, drawn as a kneeling person's head, with 頁, and expresses a bow or kowtow. The simplified 顿 replaces 頁 with 页.

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