汉普郡 (hàn pǔ jùn) — Hampshire (a county in southern England) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Hampshire (a county in southern England)

Examples

汉普郡。
Wǒ dǎ suàn míng nián qù hàn pǔ jùn lǚ xíng.
I plan to travel to Hampshire next year.
汉普郡。
Tā zài hàn pǔ jùn de yì suǒ dà xué dú shū.
He is studying at a university in Hampshire.
汉普郡。
hàn pǔ jùn Wèi yú yīng gé lán de nán bù.
Hampshire is located in the south of England.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

汉普Hamp

汉普 spells the foreign name and 郡 gives county, together naming Hampshire.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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

並日普

並並bìngside by side
日日rìsun

普 is made of 日 (sun) and 並 (side by side).

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

⻏Written in full as邑yìcity; town

Sound part声符shēngfú

君

君jūn郡jùn

Same sound today

In 郡, 君 gives the sound, and ⻏ (from 邑, a city or town) marks a settlement or administrative area.

Appears in

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