南欧 (Nán Oū) — Southern Europe | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Southern Europe

Examples

南欧，。
Nán Oū De xià tiān hěn rè, dàn dōng tiān hěn nuǎn huo.
Southern Europe is very hot in summer but warm in winter.
南欧。
Wǒ míng nián xiǎng qù Nán Oū lǚ xíng.
I want to travel to Southern Europe next year.
南欧。
Nán Oū Yǒu hěn duō lì shǐ yōu jiǔ de chéng shì.
Southern Europe has many cities with a long history.

Origin

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.

欧ōuEurope

“南” (south) specifies “欧” (Europe), meaning southern Europe.

Characters in this word

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 歐; 欧 is its simplified writing.

區欠歐

Meaning part形符xíngfú

欠欠qiànto yawn; to exhale

Sound part声符shēngfú

區

區qū歐Ōu

Same sound today

The traditional form 歐 pairs 區 as a sound with 欠 (to yawn; to exhale), and was originally written for vomiting; simplified 欧 is a later shorthand.

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