萨尔瓦多 (Sà ěr wǎ duō) — El Salvador

Definition

noun
El Salvador

Examples

  • 萨尔瓦多。
    Sà ěr wǎ duō Shì zhōng měi zhōu de yí gè guó jiā.
    El Salvador is a country in Central America.
  • 萨尔瓦多。
    Tā qù nián qù Sà ěr wǎ duō lǚ xíng le.
    He traveled to El Salvador last year.
  • 萨尔瓦多。
    Sà ěr wǎ duō De shǒu dū shì shèng sà ěr wǎ duō.
    The capital of El Salvador is San Salvador.

Origin

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 萨 →

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 →

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

瓦’s shape is a picture of fired earthenware pottery or a tile.

Open 瓦 →

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

多 originally showed two pieces of meat placed together; the repeated meat shape gives the sense of many.

Open 多 →

Browse more HSK 7-9 words or search the full 43,000-word dictionary.