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大石 (dà shí) — (place name) Dashi (e.g., a town in Guangdong Province)

Definition

Proper noun used as a place name (e.g., Dashi, a town in Guangdong). It has no common everyday meaning — only appears in names of specific locations.

noun
(place name) Dashi (e.g., a town in Guangdong Province)

Examples

  • 大石，。
    Wǒ cóng méi qù guò dà shí, dàn wǒ tīng shuō nà lǐ de fēng jǐng hěn měi.
    I have never been to Dashi, but I've heard the scenery there is beautiful.
  • 大石。
    dà shí Shì yí gè ān jìng de yán hǎi xiǎo zhèn.
    Dashi is a quiet coastal town.
  • 大石。
    Cóng guǎng zhōu zuò gāo tiě dào dà shí zhī xū yào yì xiǎo shí.
    It only takes one hour from Guangzhou to Dashi by high-speed rail.

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.

大dàbig
石shístone

大 and 石 combine to give “big stone,” which is used as a place name.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The form 大 is a picture of a person standing and facing forward, not of someone stretching their arms.

Open 大 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 石 shows a stone under a cliff-like overhang, or a cave set into a cliff side.

Open 石 →
Appears in
China — Places

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