巴巴多斯 (Bā bā duō sī) — Barbados | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Barbados

Examples

巴巴多斯。
Bā bā duō sī Shì jiā lè bǐ hǎi de yí gè dǎo guó.
Barbados is an island nation in the Caribbean Sea.
巴巴多斯。
Wǒ jì huà míng nián qù Bā bā duō sī lǚ yóu.
I plan to travel to Barbados next year.
巴巴多斯。
Bā bā duō sī De shā tān fēi cháng měi lì.
The beaches of Barbados are very beautiful.

Origin

Single-morpheme word

构词法gòucífǎ

音译yīnyìTransliteration

The characters spell the sound of a foreign word; their individual meanings play no part.

巴巴多斯 spells Barbados; the characters carry no meaning of their own here.

Sound-only characters

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Appears in

Geography & Landforms

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