明斯克 (Míng sī kè) — Minsk (capital of Belarus)

Definition

noun
Minsk (capital of Belarus)

Examples

  • 明斯克。
    Míng sī kè Shì bái é luó sī de shǒu dū.
    Minsk is the capital of Belarus.
  • 明斯克。
    Wǒ míng nián dǎ suàn qù Míng sī kè lǚ yóu.
    I plan to travel to Minsk next year.
  • 明斯克。
    Míng sī kè De dōng tiān fēi cháng lěng.
    The winter in Minsk is very cold.

Origin

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.

明míng
斯sī
克kè

明斯克 spells the foreign name Minsk; 明, 斯, 克 carry no meaning of their own here.

Sound-only characters

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

明 combines 日 (sun) and 月 (moon), showing the sun just rising while the moon has not yet set, or two bright objects in the sky, to express brightness.

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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 斯 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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