乌克兰人 (Wū kè lán rén) — Ukrainian (person from Ukraine) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Ukrainian (person from Ukraine)

Measure word · 个

Examples

乌克兰人。
Zhè wèi Wū kè lán rén shì wǒ de dà xué tóng xué.
This Ukrainian is my college classmate.
乌克兰人。
Gōng sī xīn lái le yí gè Wū kè lán rén tóng shì.
The company hired a new Ukrainian colleague.
乌克兰人。
Hěn duō Wū kè lán rén zài zhōng guó xué xí zhōng wén.
Many Ukrainians study Chinese in China.

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.

乌克兰Ukraine

乌wū克kè兰lán

“乌克兰” names Ukraine and “人” means person, so a Ukrainian person.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 烏; 乌 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 烏 is a drawing of a bird. The simplified 乌 is a later abbreviation.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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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