黎巴嫩人 (lí bā nèn rén) — Lebanese person; Lebanese people | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Lebanese personLebanese people

Measure word · 个

Examples

黎巴嫩人，。
Tā shì lí bā nèn rén, zài bèi lǔ tè zhǎng dà.
He is Lebanese and grew up in Beirut.
黎巴嫩人。
Hěn duō lí bā nèn rén zài zhōng guó xué xí zhōng wén.
Many Lebanese people study Chinese in China.
黎巴嫩人。
Wǒ rèn shi yí wèi lí bā nèn rén péng you.
I know a Lebanese friend.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

黎巴嫩

黎lí巴bā嫩nèn

The name 黎巴嫩 plus 人 gives a person from Lebanon.

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

黍黍shǔmillet

Sound part声符shēngfú

利

利lì黎lí

Same sound today

黎 pairs 黍, meaning millet, with 利 as its sound part; here the 黍 part is shortened.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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

The shape of 人 shows a side view of a standing person, with an arm and a leg.

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