No. 2,142 in Chinese
巴黎
Paris.
In a sentence
我计划明年去巴黎旅行。
I plan to travel to Paris next year.
In this sentence, '巴黎' functions as a proper noun referring to the city of Paris.
巴黎的风景非常迷人。
The scenery of Paris is very captivating.
Here, '巴黎' is used in possessive form with the particle '的' to describe attributes associated with Paris.
他们谈论了很多关于巴黎的历史。
They discussed much about the history of Paris.
In this example, '巴黎' is used to specify the subject of discussion, Paris' history.
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