巴林 (Bā lín) — Bahrain

Definition

noun
Bahrain

Examples

  • 巴林。
    Bā lín Shì yí gè guó jiā.
    Bahrain is a country.
  • 巴林。
    Bā lín De shǒu dū hěn dà.
    The capital of Bahrain is very big.
  • 巴林。
    Wǒ qù nián qù Bā lín lǚ yóu le.
    I traveled to Bahrain last year.

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bā
林lín

Here 巴 and 林 carry no meaning of their own; together they spell Bahrain.

Sound-only characters

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 巴 →

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

林 is made of two 木 (tree) placed side by side, showing many trees together, hence a forest.

Open 林 →

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