玛雅人 (Mǎ yǎ rén) — the Maya people | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

the Maya people

Measure word · 个

Examples

玛雅人。
Mǎ yǎ rén Chuàng zào le càn làn de wén míng.
The Maya people created a brilliant civilization.
玛雅人。
Xǔ duō Mǎ yǎ rén zhì jīn réng shēng huó zài mò xī gē.
Many Maya people still live in Mexico today.
玛雅人。
Wǒ duì Mǎ yǎ rén de lì fǎ hěn gǎn xìng qù.
I am very interested in the Maya calendar.

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.

玛雅Maya

玛雅 names the Maya, and 人 means people, giving the Maya people.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 瑪; 玛 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

𤣩Written in full as玉yùjade

Sound part声符shēngfú

馬

馬mǎ瑪

Same sound today

For 玛, the traditional form 瑪 combines 𤣩, a jade part, with 馬, which gives the sound.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

隹牙雅

Meaning part形符xíngfú

隹隹zhuīa short-tailed bird

Sound part声符shēngfú

牙

牙yá雅yǎ

Same sound today

雅 pairs 隹, a short-tailed bird, with 牙 as its sound part; the bird was a rook/crow, and the sense was extended to refined.

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

The shape of 人 shows a side view of a standing person, with an arm and a leg.

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