班吉 (Bān jí) — Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic

Examples

班吉，。
Wǒ qù guò Bān jí, nà lǐ hěn yǒu qù.
I've been to Bangui; it's very interesting.
班吉，。
Bān jí De tiān qì hěn rè, quán nián wēn dù dōu hěn gāo.
Bangui's weather is hot, with high temperatures year-round.
班吉。
Cóng bā lí fēi wǎng Bān jí dà yuē xū yào qī gè duō xiǎo shí.
It takes about seven hours to fly from Paris to Bangui.

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.

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

In the earliest forms, 吉 was drawn with a mouth-like lower part and an upper part that later became today's upper shape.

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