缅因州 (Miǎn yīn zhōu) — Maine (U.S. state) | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Maine (U.S. state)

Examples

缅因州。
Wǒ míng nián xià tiān xiǎng qù Miǎn yīn zhōu lǚ xíng.
I want to travel to Maine next summer.
缅因州，。
Miǎn yīn zhōu Zài měi guó de dōng běi bù, kào jìn jiā ná dà.
Maine is in the northeastern part of the United States, near Canada.
缅因州，。
Miǎn yīn zhōu De lóng xiā fēi cháng yǒu míng, hěn duō rén zhuān mén qù nà lǐ chī.
Maine's lobster is very famous; many people go there specifically to eat it.

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.

缅因Maine

缅miǎn因yīn

缅因 spells the foreign name, and 州 denotes a state.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 緬; 缅 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

糸糸mìsilk

Sound part声符shēngfú

面

面miàn緬miǎn

Same sound today

For 缅, the traditional form 緬 pairs 糸 (silk) with 面 as the sound part.

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

囗大因

囗囗wéisheet
大大dàperson

Originally, 因 showed 大 (a person) on 囗 (a sheet or mattress).

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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