俄文 (E wén) — Russian (written language)

Definition

noun

Russian (written language)

俄文，。
Wǒ xué guò E wén, dàn bú tài huì xiě.
I studied Russian, but I'm not good at writing it.
俄文。
Zhè piān wén zhāng shì yòng E wén xiě de.
This article was written in Russian.
俄文？
Nǐ néng bāng wǒ bǎ zhè duàn E wén fān yì chéng zhōng wén ma?
Can you help me translate this passage of Russian into Chinese?

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

俄éRussian

文wénwriting/language

俄 points to Russia/Russian, and 文 means writing or language.

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.

亻我俄

Meaning part形符xíngfú

亻Written in full as人rénperson

Sound part声符shēngfú

我

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

俄 pairs 亻 (person) with 我, which gives the sound.

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

The current form 文 shows a man with head, arms, legs, and chest; the tattoo marks on the chest are no longer drawn.

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