蒙哥马利 (Méng gē mǎ lì) — Montgomery (surname); especially Bernard Montgo…

Definition

noun

Montgomery (surname)especially Bernard MontgomeryBritish field marshal in WWII

蒙哥马利。
Méng gē mǎ lì Shì dì èr cì shì jiè dà zhàn zhōng zhù míng de yīng guó jiāng jūn.
Montgomery was a famous British general in World War II.
蒙哥马利。
Wǒ dú guò yì běn guān yú Méng gē mǎ lì de shū.
I read a book about Montgomery.
，蒙哥马利。
Zài ā lā màn zhàn yì zhōng, Méng gē mǎ lì dǎ bài le lóng měi ěr.
In the Battle of El Alamein, Montgomery defeated Rommel.

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.

The characters only together spell Montgomery; none carries its own meaning 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.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 馬; 马 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 馬 shows a horse with its head facing left, a flowing mane, and two legs standing vertically.

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

利 combines 禾 (grain) and 刀 (knife), showing a knife used to cut grain.