康佳 (kāng jiā) — Konka (Chinese electronics brand)

Definition

康佳 (Kāngjiā) is a major Chinese electronics brand, best known for TVs and home appliances. As a proper noun it takes 的 after it like any brand name (e.g. 康佳的手机 'Konka phones').

noun
Konka (Chinese electronics brand)

Examples

  • 康佳。
    Wǒ jiā de diàn shì shì kāng jiā de.
    The TV in my home is a Konka.
  • 康佳。
    kāng jiā Zuì jìn chū le yì kuǎn xīn bīng xiāng.
    Konka recently released a new refrigerator.
  • 康佳？
    Nǐ jué de kāng jiā de shǒu jī zhì liàng zěn me yàng?
    What do you think of the quality of Konka phones?

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

康kāngpeace
佳jiāgood

康 suggests peace or health and 佳 suggests goodness; together they form an auspicious brand name.

Characters in this word

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

康 pairs 庚 (threshing tools) with 米 (rice), showing rice being processed into chaff.

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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
人人rénman; person
Sound part声符shēngfú
圭
圭guī佳jiā
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

佳 combines 人 (person) with 圭, which is used for the sound guī.

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