塔河 (Tǎ hé) — Tahe (county in Heilongjiang, China) | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

塔河 is a county in far northern Heilongjiang province, near the Amur (Heilongjiang) River; it is one of China's coldest inhabited places. Use it as a place name when talking about travel or geography in northeast China.

noun

Tahe (county in Heilongjiang, China)

Examples

塔河。
Wǒ míng nián xiǎng qù Tǎ hé lǚ yóu.
I want to travel to Tahe next year.
塔河。
Tǎ hé De dōng tiān fēi cháng lěng.
The winter in Tahe is very cold.
塔河。
Tā cóng Tǎ hé zuò huǒ chē dào hā ěr bīn.
He took a train from Tahe to Harbin.

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.

The place name 塔河 combines 塔 (tower) and 河 (river).

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.

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

水水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

何

何hé河hé

Same sound today

河 pairs 水 (water) with 何, which gives the sound. The 水 part marks it as a word for a river.

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