班加罗尔 (Bān jiā luó ěr) — Bangalore (capital of Karnataka, India)

Definition

noun
Bangalore (capital of Karnataka, India)

Examples

  • 班加罗尔。
    Bān jiā luó ěr Shì yìn dù nán bù de yí gè dà chéng shì.
    Bangalore is a major city in southern India.
  • 班加罗尔。
    Hěn duō kē jì gōng sī dōu zài Bān jiā luó ěr shè yǒu bàn gōng shì.
    Many tech companies have offices in Bangalore.
  • 班加罗尔，。
    Wǒ qù guò Bān jiā luó ěr, nà lǐ tiān qì hěn rè.
    I've been to Bangalore; the weather there is very hot.

Origin

Characters in this word

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

  • 珏珏juépieces of jade
  • 刀刀dāoknife

班 shows 珏, pieces of jade, and 刀, a knife, cutting them into pieces.

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

加 pairs 力 and 口. In one explanation 力 is strength and 口 is the mouth, meaning exaggeration; in another 力 is plowing effort and 口 is breath or exclamation, meaning extra effort.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 羅; 罗 is its simplified writing.

  • 网网wǎngnet
  • 維維wéibird (tied with string)

The traditional form 羅 combines 网 (net) with 維 (a bird tied with string) to show a net for catching birds; the simplified 罗 is a later abbreviation.

Open 罗 →

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

假借jiǎjièLater borrowed for its sound alone — the picture has nothing to do with today’s meaning.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 爾; 尔 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 爾, simplified as 尔, originally drew cloth on a loom with crossing threads. It was borrowed for its sound to write “you,” so the picture is unrelated to that meaning.

Open 尔 →

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