摩托罗拉 (Mó tuō luó lā) — Motorola

Definition

noun
Motorola

Examples

  • 摩托罗拉。
    Wǒ bà ba yǐ qián zài Mó tuō luó lā gōng zuò.
    My dad used to work at Motorola.
  • 摩托罗拉。
    Mó tuō luó lā De shǒu jī zài jiǔ shí nián dài fēi cháng liú xíng.
    Motorola's phones were very popular in the 1990s.
  • 摩托罗拉。
    Zhè jiā gōng sī shōu gòu le Mó tuō luó lā de yí bù fen yè wù.
    This company acquired part of Motorola's business.

Origin

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
手手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
麻
麻má摩mó
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

摩 combines 手 (hand) with 麻; the hand part relates to the meaning, and 麻 gives the sound.

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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
手手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
乇
乇tuō托tuō
Same sound today

托 is built from 手 (hand) and 乇, which gives the sound tuō.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 羅; 罗 is its simplified writing.

  • 网网wǎngnet
  • 維維wéibird (tied with string)

The traditional form 羅 combines 网 (net) with 維 (a bird tied with string) to show a net for catching birds; the simplified 罗 is a later abbreviation.

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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
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.

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