摩萨德 (Mó sà dé) — Mossad (Israeli intelligence agency)

Definition

noun

Mossad (Israeli intelligence agency)

摩萨德。
Mó sà dé Shì yǐ sè liè de zuì zhǔ yào qíng bào jī gòu.
Mossad is Israel's primary intelligence agency.
摩萨德。
Zhè ge rèn wu yóu Mó sà dé fù zé zhí xíng.
This mission is carried out by Mossad.
摩萨德。
Guó jì xīn wén zhōng jīng cháng tí dào Mó sà dé de xíng dòng.
International news often mentions Mossad's operations.

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.

摩萨德 transliterates Mossad; the characters 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.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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

彳彳chìroad

Sound part声符shēngfú

惪

惪dé德dé

Same sound today

德 combines 彳, a road, with 惪, a component meaning virtue that also supplies the sound.

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