圣何塞 (shèng hé sài) — San Jose (city in California, USA)

Definition

noun

San Jose (city in California, USA)

圣何塞。
Tā qù nián bān dào le shèng hé sài.
He moved to San Jose last year.
圣何塞。
shèng hé sài Shì měi guó guī gǔ zhōng de yí gè zhòng yào chéng shì.
San Jose is an important city in Silicon Valley in the United States.
圣何塞，。
Wǒ zài shèng hé sài zhù guò sān nián, hěn xǐ huan nà lǐ de tiān qì.
I lived in San Jose for three years and really liked the weather there.

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 聖; 圣 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

呈

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

The traditional form 聖 puts 耳 (ear) beside 呈, which gives the sound; the simplified 圣 is a shorthand, and its parts are not the historical parts.

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

The old form of 何 drew a person carrying something on their shoulder. If the carried thing was a 戈, the 人 and 戈 parts together showed that picture.

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

塞 combines 宀 (house), 工 (two items), and 廾 (two hands), showing hands stuffing items into a house.