布朗克斯 (Bù lǎng kè sī) — The Bronx (a borough of New York City; also wri… | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

The Bronx (a borough of New York City; also written as 布朗士)

Examples

布朗克斯。
Wǒ zhù zài Bù lǎng kè sī.
I live in the Bronx.
布朗克斯。
Bù lǎng kè sī Shì niǔ yuē shì de yí gè qū.
The Bronx is a borough of New York City.
布朗克斯？
Nǐ qù guò Bù lǎng kè sī ma?
Have you been to the Bronx?

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.

The characters 布朗克斯 spell a foreign place name and carry no meaning of their own here.

Sound-only characters

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

巾巾jīnkerchief

Sound part声符shēngfú

父

父fù布bù

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

布 pairs 巾, a kerchief, with 父 as a sound part.

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

月月yuèmoon

Sound part声符shēngfú

良

良liáng朗lǎng

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

朗 pairs 月, the moon, with 良 as a sound part.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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