摩纳哥 (Mó nà gē) — Monaco | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Monaco

摩纳哥，。
Mó nà gē Shì yí gè hěn xiǎo de guó jiā, dàn fēi cháng fù yù.
Monaco is a very small country, but it is extremely wealthy.
摩纳哥，。
Měi nián dōu yǒu hěn duō rén qù Mó nà gē lǚ yóu, cān guān dǔ chǎng hé huáng gōng.
Every year many people go to Monaco to visit the casino and the palace.
摩纳哥F1。
Mó nà gē De F1 dà jiǎng sài fēi cháng yǒu míng.
Monaco's F1 Grand Prix is very famous.

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.

摩纳哥 spells the foreign name Monaco; 摩、纳、哥 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.

麻手摩

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

麻

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.

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 納; 纳 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

糸糸mìsilk, thin thread

Sound part声符shēngfú

内

Same sound today

The traditional form 納 has 糸 (silk, thin thread) and 内, which gives the sound; the simplified 纳 is a shorthand.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.