坦帕 (tǎn pà) — Tampa (city in Florida, USA) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Tampa (city in Florida, USA)

Examples

坦帕。
Wǒ míng nián xiǎng qù tǎn pà lǚ yóu.
I want to go to Tampa for a trip next year.
坦帕。
tǎn pà Shì měi guó fó luó lǐ dá zhōu de yí gè chéng shì.
Tampa is a city in Florida, USA.
坦帕，。
Tā zài tǎn pà zhù le wǔ nián, hěn xǐ huan nà lǐ de tiān qì.
He lived in Tampa for five years and really liked the weather there.

Origin

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.

土旦坦

Meaning part形符xíngfú

土土tǔearth

Sound part声符shēngfú

旦

旦dàn坦tǎn

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

坦 is made from 土 (earth) plus 旦, which provides the sound. The earth part shows the sense is about ground.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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