百事 (bǎi shì) — Pepsi (brand name) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Pepsi (brand name)

Examples

百事？
Nǐ hē bǎi shì hái shì kě kǒu kě lè?
Do you drink Pepsi or Coca-Cola?
百事。
Wǒ zài chāo shì mǎi le yí guàn bǎi shì.
I bought a can of Pepsi at the supermarket.
百事。
bǎi shì De guǎng gào zuò dé hěn yǒu chuàng yì.
The Pepsi commercials are very creative.

Origin

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.

一白百

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

白

白bái百bǎi

Same sound today

百 combines 一, which carries the number meaning, with 白, which provides the sound.

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

又又yòuhand
中中zhōnga flagpole with a drum

In 事, 又 is a hand and 中 is a flagpole with a drum; holding a flag in hand depicts performing a job.

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