拿骚 (ná sāo) — Nassau (capital of the Bahamas)

Definition

noun

Nassau (capital of the Bahamas)

拿骚。
ná sāo Shì bā hā mǎ de shǒu dū.
Nassau is the capital of the Bahamas.
拿骚。
Qù nián xià tiān wǒ qù ná sāo lǚ yóu le.
I traveled to Nassau last summer.
拿骚。
ná sāo De hǎi tān fēi cháng měi lì.
The beaches in Nassau are very beautiful.

Characters in this word

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

合手拿

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

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 騷; 骚 is its simplified writing.

馬蚤騷

Meaning part形符xíngfú

馬馬mǎhorse

Sound part声符shēngfú

蚤

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 騷 pairs 馬 (horse) with 蚤 as a sound component; the simplified 骚 is a shorthand.

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