玻利维亚人 (bō lì wéi yà rén) — Bolivian (person); people of Bolivia | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Bolivian (person)people of Bolivia

Measure word · 个

Examples

玻利维亚人。
Wǒ de hǎo péng you shì yí gè bō lì wéi yà rén.
My good friend is a Bolivian.
玻利维亚人。
Zhè xiē bō lì wéi yà rén tiào qǐ le chuán tǒng wǔ dǎo.
These Bolivians started dancing a traditional dance.
玻利维亚人。
bō lì wéi yà rén Zài shì jiè bēi shàng de biǎo xiàn hěn chū sè.
The Bolivian team performed very well at the World Cup.

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.

玻利维亚

玻bō利lì维wéi亚yà

玻利维亚 spells Bolivia, and 人 means person, so a person from Bolivia.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

禾禾hégrain
刀刀dāoknife

利 combines 禾 (grain) and 刀 (knife), showing a knife used to cut grain.

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 維; 维 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

糸糸mìthread

Sound part声符shēngfú

唯

唯wéi維wéi

Same sound today

In the traditional form 維, 糸 marks a thread meaning and 唯 provides the sound; the simplified 维 is a later shortened shape.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 亞; 亚 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 亞 likely shows an overhead view of a construction, perhaps a 亞-shaped tomb. Its later simplified form 亚 is just a shorthand.

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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