荷兰人 (hé lán rén) — Dutch person; the Dutch (people) | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Dutch personthe Dutch (people)

Measure word · 个

Examples

荷兰人。
Wǒ de lín jū shì yí wèi hé lán rén.
My neighbor is a Dutch person.
荷兰人。
Hěn duō hé lán rén xǐ huan qí zì xíng chē.
Many Dutch people like riding bicycles.
荷兰人。
Zhè wèi hé lán rén péng you huì shuō zhōng wén.
This Dutch friend 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.

荷兰Holland

音译Transliteration

The 荷兰 spelling of Holland and the 人 person together mean a Dutch person.

Characters in this word

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú

艸艸cǎograss; plant

Sound part声符shēngfú

何

何hé荷hé

Same sound today

荷 has 艸, the grass/plant form, to show a plant, and 何 to give the sound.

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 蘭; 兰 is its simplified writing.

艹闌蘭

Meaning part形符xíngfú

艹Written in full as艸cǎoplant

Sound part声符shēngfú

闌

闌lán蘭lán

Same sound today

In the traditional form 蘭, 艹 marks it as a plant and 闌 stands for the sound; the simplified 兰 is a later shorthand, not the original parts.

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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