黑潭 (hēi tán) — Dark Pool (place name) | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Dark Pool (place name)

Examples

黑潭。
Wǒ men míng tiān qù hēi tán lǚ yóu ba.
Let's go travel to Dark Pool tomorrow.
黑潭。
hēi tán De fēng jǐng fēi cháng měi lì.
The scenery at Dark Pool is very beautiful.
黑潭。
Cóng běi jīng zuò huǒ chē dào hēi tán dà yuē xū yào wǔ gè xiǎo shí.
It takes about five hours by train from Beijing to Dark Pool.

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.

The 黑 part describes the 潭 part, forming a place name meaning a dark pool.

Characters in this word

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

The shape of 黑 seems to come from drawing a head marked with dots, usually read as facial tattoos.

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

氵覃潭

Meaning part形符xíngfú

氵Written in full as水shuǐ

Sound part声符shēngfú

覃

覃qín潭tán

Same sound today

潭 has 氵, the water part, and 覃, which gives its sound.

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