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高加索 (Gāo jiā suǒ) — Caucasus (mountain range and region)

Definition

noun
Caucasus (mountain range and region)

Examples

  • 高加索。
    Gāo jiā suǒ De fēng jǐng hěn měi.
    The scenery of the Caucasus is very beautiful.
  • 高加索。
    Tā qù nián qù le Gāo jiā suǒ.
    He went to the Caucasus last year.
  • 高加索。
    Gāo jiā suǒ De shān hěn gāo.
    The mountains of the Caucasus are very tall.

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.

高gāo
加jiā
索suǒ

The characters carry no meaning of their own here; they transliterate the name Caucasus.

Sound-only characters

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

高 was drawn as a tall building.

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

加 pairs 力 and 口. In one explanation 力 is strength and 口 is the mouth, meaning exaggeration; in another 力 is plowing effort and 口 is breath or exclamation, meaning extra effort.

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

  • 糸糸mìthread
  • 𣎳𣎳𣎳strip fibres off a hemp stalk

索 combines 糸 (thread) and 𣎳 (stripping fibres from a hemp stalk), showing threads or rope being pulled out from a fabric.

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