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延边 (Yán biān) — Yanbian (Korean Autonomous Prefecture in Jilin, China)

Definition

Yanbian is the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in Jilin Province, northeastern China, home to a large ethnic Korean community. Outside China, it is usually referred to as a single place name; the full official form is 延边朝鲜族自治州.

noun
Yanbian (Korean Autonomous Prefecture in Jilin, China)

Examples

  • 延边。
    Wǒ dǎ suàn míng nián qù Yán biān lǚ yóu.
    I plan to travel to Yanbian next year.
  • 延边。
    Yán biān De lěng miàn fēi cháng yǒu míng.
    Yanbian's cold noodles are very famous.
  • 延边。
    Tā zài Yán biān shēng huó le shí nián.
    He has lived in Yanbian for ten years.

Origin

Characters in this word

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

The shape of 延 adds a top stroke to a form showing 彳 (walking) and 止 (foot), originally meaning to travel far, to show prolonging.

Open 延 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 邊; 边 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
辶Written in full as辵chuòwalking; movement
Sound part声符shēngfú
臱
臱mián邊biān(r)
Same sound today

The traditional form 邊 pairs 辶 (walking; movement) with the sound part 臱; the simplified 边 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the original parts.

Open 边 →
Appears in
China — Places

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