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萨尔瓦多人 (sà ěr wǎ duō rén) — Salvadoran (person from El Salvador)

Definition

noun
Salvadoran (person from El Salvador)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 萨尔瓦多人。
    Wǒ men bān yǒu yí gè sà ěr wǎ duō rén xué shēng.
    Our class has a Salvadoran student.
  • 萨尔瓦多人。
    Zhè wèi sà ěr wǎ duō rén lái zì shǒu dū shèng sà ěr wǎ duō.
    This Salvadoran is from the capital, San Salvador.
  • 萨尔瓦多人。
    Hěn duō sà ěr wǎ duō rén jiǎng xī bān yá yǔ.
    Many Salvadorans speak Spanish.

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.

萨尔瓦多Salvador
萨sà尔ěr瓦wǎ多duō
人rénperson

萨尔瓦多 spells Salvador, and 人 means person, so it names a person from Salvador.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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

假借jiǎjièLater borrowed for its sound alone — the picture has nothing to do with today’s meaning.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 爾; 尔 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 爾, simplified as 尔, originally drew cloth on a loom with crossing threads. It was borrowed for its sound to write “you,” so the picture is unrelated to that meaning.

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

瓦’s shape is a picture of fired earthenware pottery or a tile.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

多 originally showed two pieces of meat placed together; the repeated meat shape gives the sense of many.

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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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