德里 (dé lǐ) — Delhi (capital of India, also New Delhi)

Definition

noun

Delhi (capital of India, also New Delhi)

德里。
Wǒ míng nián xiǎng qù dé lǐ lǚ yóu.
I want to travel to Delhi next year.
德里。
dé lǐ Shì yìn dù zuì dà de chéng shì zhī yī.
Delhi is one of the largest cities in India.
德里。
Tā cóng dé lǐ zuò fēi jī dào shàng hǎi.
He flew from Delhi to Shanghai.

Characters in this word

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.

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 裡; 里 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 里 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (里, 里面) it is 裡; in others (公里) it is 里 or 裏.

衤里裡

Meaning part形符xíngfú

衤Written in full as衣yīclothes

Sound part声符shēngfú

里

Same sound today

The form 裡 pairs 衤 (clothes) with 里 as a sound component.

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