贝伦 (bèi lún) — Belém (capital of the state of Pará, Brazil)

Definition

noun

Belém (capital of the state of Pará, Brazil)

贝伦。
bèi lún Shì bā xī běi bù de yí gè zhòng yào chéng shì.
Belém is an important city in northern Brazil.
贝伦。
Wǒ jì huà míng nián qù bèi lún lǚ yóu.
I plan to travel to Belém next year.
贝伦。
bèi lún Yǐ qí měi shí hé zì rán fēng guāng wén míng.
Belém is famous for its cuisine and natural scenery.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 貝; 贝 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 貝, not the simplified 贝, shows a cowrie shell used as money in ancient China.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 倫; 伦 is its simplified writing.

人侖倫

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

侖

侖lún倫lún

Same sound today

The traditional form 倫 uses 人 to show people and 侖 to give its sound; the simplified 伦 is a later shorthand.