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安达 (An dá) — Anda (city in Heilongjiang Province)

Definition

noun
Anda (city in Heilongjiang Province)

Examples

  • 安达。
    Wǒ qù nián xià tiān qù le yí tàng An dá.
    I went to Anda last summer.
  • 安达。
    An dá Shì hēi lóng jiāng shěng de yí gè xiàn jí shì.
    Anda is a county-level city in Heilongjiang Province.
  • 安达，。
    Tā de lǎo jiā zài An dá, nà lǐ dōng tiān hěn lěng.
    His hometown is in Anda; it's very cold there in winter.

Origin

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
宀宀mián
Sound part声符shēngfú
女
女nǚ安ān
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In 安, 宀 sits above a seated 女 on a cushion; 宀 is the meaning part, 女 is the sound part, and the character originally meant sitting at ease.

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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
辶Written in full as辵chuò
Sound part声符shēngfú
大
大dà达dá
Same sound today

This form 达 pairs 辶 (written in full as 辵) with 大 as a sound component.

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Appears in
China — Places

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