湖南 (Hú nán) — Hunan Province | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Hunan Province

Examples

湖南。
Wǒ xià ge yuè yào qù Hú nán lǚ xíng.
I'm going to travel to Hunan next month.
湖南，。
Hú nán De cài fēi cháng là, dàn shì hěn hǎo chī.
Hunan's food is very spicy, but delicious.
湖南。
Hú nán Yǐ zhāng jiā jiè guó jiā sēn lín gōng yuán wén míng.
Hunan is famous for Zhangjiajie National Forest Park.

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.

"湖" names the lake and "南" points to the southern side, together giving the place south of the lake.

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

胡

胡hú湖hú

Same sound today

湖 pairs 水 (water) with 胡 (hú), which gives the sound.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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