银座 (Yín zuò) — Ginza (upscale shopping district in Tokyo) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Ginza (upscale shopping district in Tokyo)

Examples

银座。
Wǒ qù nián qù guò yí cì Yín zuò.
I went to Ginza once last year.
银座。
Yín zuò Yǒu hěn duō gāo jí shāng diàn hé cān tīng.
Ginza has many high-end shops and restaurants.
银座？
Nǐ xiǎng qù Yín zuò guàng guàng ma?
Do you want to go shopping in Ginza?

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 銀; 银 is its simplified writing.

金艮銀

Meaning part形符xíngfú

金金jīnmetal

Sound part声符shēngfú

艮

艮gèn銀yín

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 銀 has 金, meaning metal, and 艮, used for the sound; the simplified 银 is a shorthand.

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

广坐座

Meaning part形符xíngfú

广广guǎnghouse on cliff

Sound part声符shēngfú

坐

坐zuò座zuò

Same sound today

座 pairs 广, a house on a cliff, with 坐 to give the sound.

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