克莱斯勒 (Kè lái sī lè) — Chrysler (car manufacturer) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Chrysler (car manufacturer)

Examples

克莱斯勒。
Wǒ bà ba kāi le yí liàng Kè lái sī lè qì chē.
My dad drives a Chrysler car.
克莱斯勒。
Kè lái sī lè Shì měi guó zhù míng de qì chē pǐn pái.
Chrysler is a famous American car brand.
克莱斯勒。
Tā men gōng sī de míng zì jiào Kè lái sī lè.
Their company is called Chrysler.

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 only spell the foreign name Chrysler and carry no meaning of their own here.

Sound-only characters

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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.

革力勒

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

力

力lì勒lè

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

勒 pairs 革 (leather), because bridles are made of leather, with 力, which gives the sound.

Appears in

Business & Commerce Vehicles

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