迪拜 (dí bài) — Dubai | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Dubai

Examples

迪拜。
Wǒ míng nián xiǎng qù dí bài lǚ yóu.
I want to travel to Dubai next year.
迪拜。
dí bài De fān chuán jiǔ diàn fēi cháng yǒu míng.
Dubai's Burj Al Arab hotel is very famous.
迪拜。
Tā zài dí bài zhǎo dào le yí fèn xīn gōng zuò.
He found a new job in Dubai.

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 two characters spell the foreign name Dubai and carry no independent meaning here.

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.

扌手shǒuhand
𠦪𠦪𠦪herbs

拜 combines 扌 (hand, written fully as 手) with 𠦪 (herbs), showing a hand holding herbs as a gift.

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