塔吉克 (Tǎ jí kè) — (proper noun) Tajik (ethnic group); (proper nou…

Definition

Refers both to the Tajik ethnic group in China (mainly in Xinjiang) and, in Taiwan/Hong Kong usage, to Tajikistan the country.

noun

(proper noun) Tajik (ethnic group)(proper noun) (Taiwan/Hong Kong) Tajikistan

塔吉克。
Tǎ jí kè Shì zhōng guó de yí gè shǎo shù mín zú.
The Tajiks are one of China's ethnic minorities.
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Hěn duō Tǎ jí kè rén shēng huó zài zhōng guó xīn jiāng.
Many Tajik people live in Xinjiang, China.
塔吉克。
Tā zài xiāng gǎng liú xué de shí hou jīng cháng qù Tǎ jí kè lǚ xíng.
When he was studying in Hong Kong, he often traveled to Tajikistan.

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.

The characters 塔吉克 together spell the name Tajik, carrying no meaning of their own.

Sound-only characters

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

土荅塔

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

荅

荅dá塔tǎ

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

塔 shows 土 (earth) for the meaning and 荅 (dá) for the sound.

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

In the earliest forms, 吉 was drawn with a mouth-like lower part and an upper part that later became today's upper shape.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.