邦尼 (bāng ní) — (proper noun) Bunny (a nickname for a rabbit or name of a cartoon character); (proper noun) Bonnie (a personal name)

Definition

A transliteration used as a personal name or pet name. Spelled 'Bonnie' for people (often women) and 'Bunny' for a rabbit.

noun
(proper noun) Bunny (a nickname for a rabbit or name of a cartoon character)(proper noun) Bonnie (a personal name)

Examples

  • 邦尼，。
    Zhè zhī xiǎo tù zi jiào bāng ní, hái zi men dōu hěn xǐ huan tā.
    This little rabbit is called Bunny; the children all like it very much.
  • 邦尼《》。
    bāng ní Shì diàn yǐng 《bāng nī hé kè lái dé》 lǐ de nǚ zhǔ jué.
    Bonnie is the female lead in the movie "Bonnie and Clyde".
  • 邦尼。
    Wǒ de péng you bāng ní cóng měi guó huí lái le.
    My friend Bonnie is back from the United States.

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
阝Written in full as邑yì
Sound part声符shēngfú
丰
丰fēng邦bāng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

邦 combines 丰, which gives the sound, with 阝, the side form of 邑, a settlement.

Open 邦 →

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

The shape draws one person sitting on or leaning against another person, giving the sense of stopping close to someone.

Open 尼 →

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