莫斯科 (Mò sī kē) — Moscow | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Moscow

Examples

莫斯科。
Wǒ míng nián xiǎng qù Mò sī kē lǚ yóu.
I want to travel to Moscow next year.
莫斯科。
Mò sī kē Shì é luó sī de shǒu dū.
Moscow is the capital of Russia.
莫斯科。
Cóng běi jīng dào Mò sī kē yào zuò jiǔ gè xiǎo shí de fēi jī.
It takes nine hours by plane from Beijing to Moscow.

Origin

Characters in this word

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

The shape of 莫 shows a sun sinking into bushes, meaning dusk.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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

禾斗科

Meaning part形符xíngfú

斗斗dòumeasuring tool

Sound part声符shēngfú

禾

禾hé科kē

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

科 pairs 禾, which gives the hé sound, with 斗, a measuring tool.

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