德干 (dé gān) — Deccan (region in India) | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Deccan (region in India)

Examples

德干。
Wǒ míng nián xiǎng qù dé gān lǚ yóu.
I want to travel to the Deccan next year.
德干。
dé gān Wèi yú yìn dù nán bù.
The Deccan is located in southern India.
德干。
dé gān Gāo yuán shì yìn dù zhòng yào de dì lǐ qū yù.
The Deccan Plateau is an important geographic region in India.

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.

德干 spells Deccan; the characters 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

彳彳chìroad

Sound part声符shēngfú

惪

惪dé德dé

Same sound today

德 combines 彳, a road, with 惪, a component meaning virtue that also supplies the sound.

The simplified 干 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (饼干, 干杯) it is 乾; in others (干, 干活儿) (干扰) it is 幹 or 干.

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 乾; 干 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

倝

倝gàn乾gān

Same sound today

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