亚美尼亚人 (yà měi ní yà rén) — Armenian (person from Armenia)

Definition

noun

Armenian (person from Armenia)

Measure word · 个

亚美尼亚人。
Wǒ rèn shi yí wèi lái zì āi lǐ wēn de yà měi ní yà rén.
I know an Armenian from Yerevan.
亚美尼亚人。
yà měi ní yà rén Yǒu zhe yōu jiǔ de lì shǐ hé wén huà chuán tǒng.
Armenians have a long history and cultural tradition.
亚美尼亚人。
Zhè wèi yà měi ní yà rén péng you huì zuò chuán tǒng de kǎo ròu.
This Armenian friend can make traditional grilled meat.

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.

亚美尼亚Armenia

亚美尼亚 spells Armenia; 人 means person, together they name a person from Armenia.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 亞; 亚 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 亞 likely shows an overhead view of a construction, perhaps a 亞-shaped tomb. Its later simplified form 亚 is just a shorthand.

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

美 shows 大, a person, wearing 羊, a headdress of feathers or ram's horn.

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

The shape draws one person sitting on or leaning against another person, giving the sense of stopping close to someone.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 亞; 亚 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 亞 likely shows an overhead view of a construction, perhaps a 亞-shaped tomb. Its later simplified form 亚 is just a shorthand.

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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