津城 (jīn chéng) — Tianjin (city, short for 天津)

Definition

noun
Tianjin (city, short for 天津)

Examples

  • 津城。
    Wǒ qù nián qù le jīn chéng.
    I went to Tianjin last year.
  • 津城。
    jīn chéng Shì zhōng guó de zhí xiá shì.
    Tianjin is a municipality directly under the central government of China.
  • 津城。
    Tā zài jīn chéng gōng zuò le hěn duō nián.
    He worked in Tianjin for many years.

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.

津jīnTianjin
城chéngcity

津 stands for Tianjin and 城 means city; together they name the city of Tianjin.

Characters in this word

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
水水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
盡
盡jìn津jīn
Same sound today

津 is made from 水, water, and 盡, which supplies the sound.

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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
土土tǔsoil
Sound part声符shēngfú
成
成chéng城chéng
Same sound today

城 pairs 土 (soil) with 成 as a sound part, because city walls were originally made of stamped earth.

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