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拿撒勒 (Ná sǎ lè) — Nazareth (city in ancient Palestine)

Definition

noun
Nazareth (city in ancient Palestine)

Examples

  • 拿撒勒，。
    Ná sǎ lè Wèi yú yǐ sè liè běi bù, shì yí gè lì shǐ yōu jiǔ de chéng shì.
    Nazareth is located in northern Israel and is a city with a long history.
  • 《》，拿撒勒。
    Gēn jù 《shèng jīng》 jì zǎi, yē sū zài Ná sǎ lè dù guò le tā de tóng nián.
    According to the Bible, Jesus spent his childhood in Nazareth.
  • 拿撒勒。
    Měi nián dōu yǒu dà liàng cháo shèng zhě qián wǎng Ná sǎ lè cān guān.
    Every year, a large number of pilgrims visit Nazareth.

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.

拿ná
撒sā
勒lè

The characters 拿撒勒 carry no meaning of their own here; they transliterate Nazareth.

Sound-only characters

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

The shape 拿 pairs 合 with 手, and it is a later alternative form for taking with the hand.

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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
扌Written in full as手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
散
散sàn撒sǎ
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

撒 combines 扌 (hand) with 散, which gives the sound; the hand part shows scattering with the hand.

Open 撒 →

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
革革gé
Sound part声符shēngfú
力
力lì勒lè
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

勒 pairs 革 (leather), because bridles are made of leather, with 力, which gives the sound.

Open 勒 →
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