日内瓦 (Rì nèi wǎ) — Geneva | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Geneva

日内瓦。
Wǒ míng nián xiǎng qù Rì nèi wǎ lǚ yóu.
I want to travel to Geneva next year.
日内瓦。
Rì nèi wǎ Shì ruì shì de yí gè chéng shì.
Geneva is a city in Switzerland.
日内瓦。
Lián hé guó ōu zhōu zǒng bù zài Rì nèi wǎ.
The United Nations European headquarters is in Geneva.

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.

The characters 日, 内, and 瓦 do not carry their own meanings here; together they spell the foreign name Geneva.

Sound-only characters

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

日 originally drew the sun. A mark was added inside to tell it apart from similar square shapes.

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

The shape shows 入 entering into 冂, a house, so it pictures bringing something indoors, giving the sense inside.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

瓦’s shape is a picture of fired earthenware pottery or a tile.

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