特克斯 (Tè kè sī) — Tekes (county in Xinjiang) | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Tekes (county in Xinjiang)

Examples

特克斯。
Tè kè sī Wèi yú xīn jiāng yī lí hā sà kè zì zhì zhōu.
Tekes is located in the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture of Xinjiang.
特克斯。
Tè kè sī Yǐ měi lì de cǎo yuán hé hé liú wén míng.
Tekes is famous for its beautiful grasslands and rivers.
特克斯。
Wǒ jì huà míng nián xià tiān qù Tè kè sī lǚ yóu.
I plan to travel to Tekes next summer.

Origin

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.

牛寺特

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

寺

寺sì特tè

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The shape combines 牛 (ox) with 寺, which gives the pronunciation; it originally meant a large bull.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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