西门子 (Xī mén zǐ) — Siemens (German multinational conglomerate)

Definition

noun

Siemens (German multinational conglomerate)

Measure word · 家

西门子。
Wǒ jiā de bīng xiāng shì Xī mén zǐ de.
The refrigerator in my home is from Siemens.
西门子。
Xī mén zǐ Shì yì jiā dé guó gōng sī.
Siemens is a German company.
西门子。
Tā zài Xī mén zǐ gōng zuò le hěn duō nián.
He worked at Siemens for many years.

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.

西门子 carries no independent meaning here, only spelling the German company name Siemens.

Sound-only characters

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 門; 门 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 門 pictures a gate as two door shapes side by side; the simplified 门 is a later shorthand.

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

子 is drawn as a baby with a large head, arms stretched out, and legs wrapped in a blanket.