丹麦人 (dān mài rén) — Dane, Danish person | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

DaneDanish person

Measure word · 个

Examples

丹麦人。
Wǒ zài dān mài yù dào le hěn duō dān mài rén.
I met many Danes in Denmark.
丹麦人。
Zhè xiē dān mài rén dōu hěn rè qíng.
These Danes are all very warm-hearted.
丹麦人。
Wǒ de yí wèi dān mài rén tóng shì huì jiǎng zhōng wén.
A Danish colleague of mine can speak Chinese.

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.

丹麦Denmark

丹麦 names Denmark, and 人 means person, giving a person from Denmark.

Characters in this word

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

The shape 丹 shows a well or mine with red cinnabar inside.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 麥; 麦 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

夊夊suīfootprint pointing down; to walk slowly

Sound part声符shēngfú

來

來lái麥mài

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

For 麦, the traditional form 麥 pairs 來, which gives the sound and once meant wheat, with 夊, a footprint pointing down for slow walking.

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

The shape of 人 shows a side view of a standing person, with an arm and a leg.

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