多伦 (Duō lún) — Duolun (a county in Inner Mongolia, now part of…

Definition

noun

Duolun (a county in Inner Mongolia, now part of Xilin Gol League)

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Wǒ qù guò Duō lún.
I have been to Duolun.
多伦。
Duō lún Shì yí gè měi lì de dì fāng.
Duolun is a beautiful place.
多伦。
Cóng běi jīng chū fā zuò huǒ chē kě yǐ qù Duō lún.
You can go to Duolun by train from Beijing.

Characters in this word

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

多 originally showed two pieces of meat placed together; the repeated meat shape gives the sense of many.

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 倫; 伦 is its simplified writing.

人侖倫

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

侖

侖lún倫lún

Same sound today

The traditional form 倫 uses 人 to show people and 侖 to give its sound; the simplified 伦 is a later shorthand.