克格勃 (kè gé bó) — KGB | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

KGB

Examples

克格勃。
Tā zhèng zài dú yì běn guān yú kè gé bó de shū.
He is reading a book about the KGB.
克格勃。
Zhè bù diàn yǐng jiǎng shù le kè gé bó de lì shǐ.
This movie tells the history of the KGB.
克格勃。
Hěn duō jiàn dié xiǎo shuō dōu tí dào kè gé bó.
Many spy novels mention the KGB.

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 spell KGB; 克, 格, and 勃 carry no independent meaning here.

Sound-only characters

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.

木各格

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùwood

Sound part声符shēngfú

各

各gè格gé

Same sound today

格 is built from 木 (wood) on the left and 各 on the right, which gives the sound.

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

孛力勃

Meaning part形符xíngfú

力力lìpower

Sound part声符shēngfú

孛

孛bèi勃⁰bó

Same sound today

勃 pairs 力, which carries the sense of power or force, with 孛 as a sound part.

Appears in

Government & Politics

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