拉普拉斯 (Lā pǔ lā sī) — Laplace, Pierre Simon Laplace (1749–1827), French mathematician

Definition

noun
LaplacePierre Simon Laplace (1749–1827)French mathematician

Examples

  • 拉普拉斯。
    Lā pǔ lā sī Shì fǎ guó zhù míng de shù xué jiā.
    Laplace is a famous French mathematician.
  • 拉普拉斯。
    Lā pǔ lā sī De fāng chéng zài kē xué zhōng fēi cháng zhòng yào.
    Laplace's equation is very important in science.
  • 拉普拉斯。
    Wǒ men xué xí guò Lā pǔ lā sī biàn huàn de jī běn zhī shi.
    We have studied the basics of the Laplace transform.

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.

拉lā
普pǔ
拉lā
斯sī

The characters spell the foreign name Laplace 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
手手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
立
立lì拉lā
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.

Open 拉 →

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

  • 並並bìngside by side
  • 日日rìsun

普 is made of 日 (sun) and 並 (side by side).

Open 普 →

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
手手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
立
立lì拉lā
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.

Open 拉 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 斯 →

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