阿迪达斯 (A dí dá sī) — Adidas (German sportswear brand) | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Adidas (German sportswear brand)

Examples

阿迪达斯。
Wǒ zuó tiān mǎi le yì shuāng A dí dá sī de yùn dòng xié.
I bought a pair of Adidas sneakers yesterday.
阿迪达斯。
Tā zuì xǐ huan chuān A dí dá sī de yī fu.
He likes wearing Adidas clothes the most.
阿迪达斯。
Zhè jiā diàn mài A dí dá sī de chǎn pǐn.
This store sells Adidas products.

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.

阿迪达斯 spells a foreign brand name; the characters carry no meaning of their own here.

Sound-only characters

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

阜阜fù

Sound part声符shēngfú

可

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

The part 阜 points to a mound, and 可 gives the pronunciation; 阿 originally meant a big mound.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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

辶大达

Meaning part形符xíngfú

辶Written in full as辵chuò

Sound part声符shēngfú

大

大dà达dá

Same sound today

This form 达 pairs 辶 (written in full as 辵) with 大 as a sound component.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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