拉巴特 (Lā bā tè) — Rabat (capital of Morocco)

Definition

noun

Rabat (capital of Morocco)

拉巴特。
Wǒ míng nián xiǎng qù Lā bā tè lǚ xíng.
I want to travel to Rabat next year.
拉巴特。
Lā bā tè Shì mó luò gē de shǒu dū.
Rabat is the capital of Morocco.
拉巴特。
Tā zài Lā bā tè zhù le sān nián.
He lived in Rabat for three years.

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.

The characters spell the foreign name Rabat and 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

Sound part声符shēngfú

立

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

拉 pairs 手 (hand) with 立, a component that supplies the sound.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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

牛寺特

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

寺

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The shape combines 牛 (ox) with 寺, which gives the pronunciation; it originally meant a large bull.