澳

ào

奥 + 氵

Definitions

ào (noun) deep bay; cove; harbor

Ào (noun) Macau; Australia (abbr.)

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 奧 represents the sound.

Semantic: 氵 Phonetic: 奥

About

澳 is a phono-semantic compound: the left-side radical 氵 ('water') denotes the meaning, while the right-side component 奥 (traditional form 奧) represents the sound. The character originally referred to a deep coastal inlet, bay, or place where water pools along a shore. Due to this geographic meaning, it is prominently used as an abbreviation for Macau and as the standard phonetic translation for Australia.

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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

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Example Sentences Hide

澳大利亚是一个国家。

Àodàlìyà shì yīgè guójiā.

Australia is a country.

澳门是中国的特别行政区。

Àomén shì Zhōngguó de tèbié xíngzhèngqū.

Macau is a special administrative region of China.

澳洲有很多独特的动物。

Àozhōu yǒu hěnduō dútè de dòngwù.

Australia has many unique animals.

澳元是澳大利亚的货币。

Àoyuán shì Àodàlìyà de huòbì.

The Australian dollar is the currency of Australia.

我今年看了澳网的比赛。

Wǒ jīnnián kànle Ào wǎng de bǐsài.

I watched the Australian Open match this year.

港澳地区旅游非常受欢迎。

Gǎng Ào dìqū lǚyóu fēicháng shòu huānyíng.

Tourism in Hong Kong and Macau is very popular.

澳式足球在澳大利亚很流行。

Àoshì zúqiú zài Àodàlìyà hěn liúxíng.

Australian rules football is very popular in Australia.

澳航的航班从北京飞往悉尼。

Ào háng de hángbān cóng Běijīng fēi wǎng Xīní.

Qantas flights fly from Beijing to Sydney.

Related Characters

Component: 奥

Component: 氵

澳