得克萨斯 (Dé kè sà sī) — Texas (U.S. state)

Definition

noun

Texas (U.S. state)

Easily confused

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Jīn nián xià tiān wǒ qù le Dé kè sà sī lǚ yóu.
I traveled to Texas this summer.
得克萨斯。
Dé kè sà sī Yǐ kǎo ròu wén míng.
Texas is famous for barbecue.
得克萨斯。
Wǒ yǒu gè péng you zhù zài Dé kè sà sī de shǒu fǔ.
I have a friend living in the capital of Texas.

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.

得克萨斯 spells the English place name Texas; the characters carry no meaning of their own here.

Sound-only characters

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

The old form 㝵 showed a hand picking up a cowry, meaning to obtain; later changes turned that picture into 得.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.