蒙古 (Měng gǔ) — Mongolia | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Mongolia

Examples

蒙古。
Wǒ míng nián xiǎng qù Měng gǔ lǚ yóu.
I want to travel to Mongolia next year.
蒙古，。
Měng gǔ Shì yí gè nèi lù guó jiā, yǐ cǎo yuán wén míng.
Mongolia is a landlocked country famous for its grasslands.
蒙古。
Chéng jí sī hán shì Měng gǔ lì shǐ shàng zuì zhù míng de lǐng xiù.
Genghis Khan is the most famous leader in Mongolian history.

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.

蒙 and 古 spell the foreign name and do not carry their own meanings 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.

艹冡蒙

Meaning part形符xíngfú

艹Written in full as艸cǎograss

Sound part声符shēngfú

冡

冡měng蒙méng

Same sound today

蒙 combines 艹 (grass) with 冡, which supplies the sound.

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

One reading of 古 sees a shield-like shape above an open mark, showing strength and firmness. Another sees a person spitting out bad-tasting food.

Appears in

China — Places

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