特马 (tè mǎ) — Tema (city in Ghana) | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Tema (city in Ghana)

特马。
Wǒ qù nián xià tiān qù le tè mǎ lǚ yóu.
I went to Tema for a trip last summer.
特马。
tè mǎ Shì jiā nà de yí gè zhòng yào gǎng kǒu chéng shì.
Tema is an important port city in Ghana.
特马。
Cóng tè mǎ dào shǒu dū ā kè lā kāi chē zhǐ yào bàn xiǎo shí.
It takes only half an hour by car from Tema to the capital, Accra.

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

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.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 馬; 马 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 馬 shows a horse with its head facing left, a flowing mane, and two legs standing vertically.