巴基斯坦人 (bā jī sī tǎn rén) — Pakistani (person) | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Pakistani (person)

Measure word · 个

Examples

巴基斯坦人。
Wǒ zài xué xiào rèn shi le yí wèi bā jī sī tǎn rén.
I met a Pakistani at school.
巴基斯坦人。
Zhè xiē bā jī sī tǎn rén fēi cháng yǒu hǎo.
These Pakistani people are very friendly.
巴基斯坦人。
Tā shì yí wèi lái zì yī sī lán bǎo de bā jī sī tǎn rén.
He is a Pakistani from Islamabad.

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.

巴基斯坦

巴bā基jī斯sī坦tǎn

巴基斯坦 spells Pakistan, and 人 means person, together naming a Pakistani person.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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

其土基

Meaning part形符xíngfú

土土tǔearth

Sound part声符shēngfú

其

其qí基jī

Same sound today

The lower 土 means earth, and the upper 其 gives the sound; together they form the idea of a foundation of earth.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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

土旦坦

Meaning part形符xíngfú

土土tǔearth

Sound part声符shēngfú

旦

旦dàn坦tǎn

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

坦 is made from 土 (earth) plus 旦, which provides the sound. The earth part shows the sense is about ground.

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

The shape of 人 shows a side view of a standing person, with an arm and a leg.

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