TSUMUGU · TOCFL A1 (est.) · 詞
巧克力
word · TOCFL A1 (est.)
ㄑㄧㄠˇ ㄎㄜˋ ㄌㄧˋ · qiǎokèlì
noun — chocolate
字源 FORM — what the parts do
巧chosen for sound (qiǎo ≈ "cho")qiǎoa phonetic transliteration of English "chocolate"; the three glyphs were picked for sound, not meaning 克chosen for sound (kè ≈ "co")kè 力chosen for sound (lì ≈ "late")lì 巧克力，巧妙的巧，克服的克，力氣的力。
關 · Related
糖果tángguǒcandy — the wider sweet-treat category