第纳尔 (dì nà ěr) — dinar (currency)

Definition

noun
dinar (currency)

Examples

  • 第纳尔。
    Zuì jìn dì nà ěr de huì lǜ zhǎng le hěn duō.
    The exchange rate of the dinar has risen a lot recently.
  • 第纳尔。
    Tā shǒu lǐ hái yǒu jǐ zhāng dì nà ěr méi huā wán.
    He still has a few dinars left in his hand that he hasn't spent.
  • 第纳尔。
    Zhè ge guó jiā de rén zhǔ yào shǐ yòng dì nà ěr zuò wéi huò bì.
    The people of this country mainly use the dinar as their currency.

Origin

Single-morpheme word
构词法gòucífǎ
音译yīnyìTransliteration

The characters spell the sound of a foreign word; their individual meanings play no part.

第dì
纳nà
尔ěr

第纳尔 only spells the foreign name dinar; the characters carry no meaning of their own here.

Sound-only characters

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
𥫗Written in full as竹zhúbamboo
Sound part声符shēngfú
弟
弟dì第dì
Same sound today

第 shows 𥫗, the bamboo strips once used for writing and sorting, with 弟 giving the sound.

Open 第 →

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
内nèi納nà
Same sound today

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

Open 纳 →

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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