卢旺达人 (lú wàng dá rén) — Rwandan (person) | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Rwandan (person)

Measure word · 个

Examples

卢旺达人。
Hěn duō lú wàng dá rén zài nóng yè lǐng yù gōng zuò.
Many Rwandans work in the agricultural sector.
卢旺达人。
lú wàng dá rén De wén huà fēi cháng fēng fù.
Rwandan culture is very rich.
卢旺达人，。
Wǒ rèn shi yí wèi lú wàng dá rén, tā shì yì míng jiào shī.
I know a Rwandan person; he is a teacher.

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.

卢旺达Rwanda

卢lú旺wàng达dá

卢旺达 spells Rwanda, and 人 names a person, so it means a person from Rwanda.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 盧; 卢 is its simplified writing.

虍田皿盧

Meaning part形符xíngfú

田田tiánpictogram of an oven

皿皿mǐnvessel

Sound part声符shēngfú

虍

虍hū盧lú

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

The traditional form 盧 began as a picture of an oven, later written 田, with 皿 (a vessel) and 虍 (for sound) added; simplified 卢 is a shorthand.

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú

日日rìsun

Sound part声符shēngfú

往

往wǎng旺wàng

Same sound today

An earlier form paired 日 (sun) with 往 for the sound; the modern 旺 is understood as 日 plus a right-side part.

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

辶大达

Meaning part形符xíngfú

辶Written in full as辵chuò

Sound part声符shēngfú

大

大dà达dá

Same sound today

This form 达 pairs 辶 (written in full as 辵) with 大 as a sound component.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 人 shows a side view of a standing person, with an arm and a leg.

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