西班牙 (Xī bān yá) — Spain | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Spain

Examples

西班牙。
Wǒ míng nián xiǎng qù Xī bān yá lǚ yóu.
I want to travel to Spain next year.
西班牙。
Tā zài Xī bān yá xué le dāng dì de yǔ yán.
He learned the local language in Spain.
西班牙。
Xī bān yá De huǒ tuǐ hěn yǒu míng.
Spain's ham is very famous.

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.

The characters 西班牙 carry no meaning of their own here; they spell the name of Spain.

Sound-only characters

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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

珏珏juépieces of jade
刀刀dāoknife

班 shows 珏, pieces of jade, and 刀, a knife, cutting them into pieces.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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