台山 (Tái shān) — Taishan (county-level city in Guangdong Province, China)

Definition

noun
Taishan (county-level city in Guangdong Province, China)

Examples

  • 台山。
    Wǒ xià ge yuè yào qù Tái shān chū chāi.
    I'm going to Taishan for a business trip next month.
  • 台山？
    Nǐ jiā zài Tái shān ma?
    Is your home in Taishan?
  • 台山。
    Tái shān Shì zhù míng de qiáo xiāng.
    Taishan is a famous hometown of overseas Chinese.

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.

台táiplatform
山shānmountain

台 (platform) and 山 (mountain) form the place name Taishan.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 臺; 台 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 台 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (窗台, 电视台) it is 臺; in others (台灯, 台球) (台风) it is 檯 or 台 or 颱.

The traditional form 臺 is the 喬 + 室 form; earlier versions combined a sound part with 室, and an old reading saw it as a watch tower.

Open 台 →

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

山 shows three mountain peaks side by side.

Open 山 →

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