西班牙人 (xī bān yá rén) — Spaniard; Spanish person

Definition

noun
SpaniardSpanish person
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 西班牙人。
    Nà wèi xī bān yá rén yì shù jiā zài guó jì shàng hěn yǒu míng.
    That Spanish artist is very famous internationally.
  • 西班牙人,。
    Wǒ zuó tiān rèn shi le yí gè xī bān yá rén, tā jiào wǒ shuō xī bān yá yǔ.
    I met a Spaniard yesterday, and he taught me to speak Spanish.
  • 西班牙人,。
    xī bān yá rén Tōng cháng bǐ jiào rè qíng, xǐ huan liáo tiān.
    Spanish people are usually quite warm and like to chat.

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.

西班牙Spain
人rénperson

西班牙 names Spain and 人 means person, so the word denotes a person from Spain.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 西 →

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

  • 珏珏juépieces of jade
  • 刀刀dāoknife

班 shows 珏, pieces of jade, and 刀, a knife, cutting them into pieces.

Open 班 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 牙 →

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.

Open 人 →

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