得克萨斯州 (Dé kè sà sī zhōu) — Texas (US state)

Definition

noun
Texas (US state)

Examples

  • 得克萨斯州。
    Dé kè sà sī zhōu Shì měi guó nán bù de yí gè zhōu.
    Texas is a state in the southern United States.
  • 得克萨斯州。
    Wǒ qù nián xià tiān qù Dé kè sà sī zhōu lǚ yóu le.
    I traveled to Texas last summer.
  • 得克萨斯州。
    Dé kè sà sī zhōu Yǐ niú zǎi wén huà wén míng shì jiè.
    Texas is world-famous for its cowboy culture.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

得克萨斯Texas
得dé克kè萨sà斯sī
州zhōustate

得克萨斯 spells Texas and 州 means state, so the name is the state of Texas.

Characters in this word

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.

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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

州 originally drew an islet in a river.

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