埃克塞特 (āi kè sài tè) — Exeter (city in England)

Definition

noun
Exeter (city in England)

Examples

  • 埃克塞特。
    āi kè sài tè Shì yīng guó de yí zuò chéng shì.
    Exeter is a city in England.
  • 埃克塞特。
    Wǒ qù nián qù āi kè sài tè lǚ yóu le.
    I traveled to Exeter last year.
  • 埃克塞特。
    Tā zài āi kè sài tè dà xué dú shū.
    He studies at Exeter University.

Origin

Single-morpheme word
构词法gòucífǎ
音译yīnyìTransliteration

The characters spell the sound of a foreign word; their individual meanings play no part.

埃āi
克kè
塞sāi
特tè

The characters 埃克塞特 spell a foreign place name and carry no separate meaning here.

Sound-only characters

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
土土tǔearth; soil
Sound part声符shēngfú
矣
矣yǐ埃āi
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The 土 side of 埃 relates to earth or soil, while 矣 gives the sound.

Open 埃 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 克 →

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

  • 宀宀miánhouse
  • 工工gōngtwo items
  • 廾廾gǒngtwo hands

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

Open 塞 →

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
牛牛niúox
Sound part声符shēngfú
寺
寺sì特tè
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The shape combines 牛 (ox) with 寺, which gives the pronunciation; it originally meant a large bull.

Open 特 →

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