tangram

英 ['tængræm]

tangram (n.): Chinese geometric puzzle, 1864, said to be an arbitrary formation based on anagram, etc. First element perhaps Chinese t'an "to extend," or t'ang, commonly used in Cantonese for "Chinese." Some suggest it is the name of the inventor, "but no such person is known to Chinese scholars" [OED]. Another theory involves the Tanka, an outcast aboriginal people of southern China, and Western sailors who discovered the puzzle from their Tanka girlfriends. Perhaps from an obscure sense of tram. The Chinese name is Ch'i ch'iao t'u "seven ingenious plan."

1. Tangram wood set! Tangram is usually stored a square format.: 木制的七巧板! 通常是以正方形的方式收藏.

2. Tangram is a toy comprised of many geometrical pieces that can be put together.: 七巧板就是用许多几何图形进行拼凑的一种玩具.

3. The sheet - let takes the tangram a puzzle game comprising seven pieces, as its subject.: 这款邮票小型张以拼图游戏“七巧板”为主题.

4. Children's tangram is low - priced and duraBle, and can develop children's intelligence very effectively.: 儿童玩具七巧板,价格便宜,经久耐玩, 开发儿童智力,有真正奇效.