田纳西州 (Tián nà xī zhōu) — Tennessee (US state) | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Tennessee (US state)

Examples

田纳西州。
Wǒ míng nián xiǎng qù Tián nà xī zhōu lǚ yóu.
I want to visit Tennessee next year.
田纳西州，。
Tián nà xī zhōu Zài měi guó nán bù, yǐ yīn yuè hé nóng yè wén míng.
Tennessee is in the southern United States, famous for music and agriculture.
田纳西州。
Tā shì zài Tián nà xī zhōu chū shēng de.
He was born in Tennessee.

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.

田纳西

田tián纳nà西xī

田纳西 spells Tennessee, and 州 means 'state'.

Characters in this word

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

田 looks like a field divided into four sections.

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 納; 纳 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

糸糸mìsilk, thin thread

Sound part声符shēngfú

内

Same sound today

The traditional form 納 has 糸 (silk, thin thread) and 内, which gives the sound; the simplified 纳 is a shorthand.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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

州 originally drew an islet in a river.

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