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蒙特卡洛 (Méng tè kǎ luò) — Monte Carlo (city in Monaco)

Definition

noun
Monte Carlo (city in Monaco)

Examples

  • 蒙特卡洛。
    Míng nián xià tiān wǒ dǎ suàn qù Méng tè kǎ luò lǚ yóu.
    Next summer I plan to travel to Monte Carlo.
  • 蒙特卡洛。
    Méng tè kǎ luò De dǔ chǎng hěn yǒu míng.
    The casino in Monte Carlo is very famous.
  • 蒙特卡洛。
    Tā měi nián dōu qù Méng tè kǎ luò kàn sài chē bǐ sài.
    He goes to Monte Carlo every year to watch the car race.

Origin

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.

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.

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú
牛牛niúox
Sound part声符shēngfú
寺
寺sì特tè
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The shape combines 牛 (ox) with 寺, which gives the pronunciation; it originally meant a large bull.

Open 特 →

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

卡 is made from 上 (up) and 下 (down), with their horizontal lines fused, showing something squeezed between above and below.

Open 卡 →

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú
水水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
各
各gè洛Luò
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

洛 shows 水 (water) and 各, and 各 supplies the sound.

Open 洛 →
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