多米尼加人 (duō mǐ ní jiā rén) — Dominican (person from the Dominican Republic)

Definition

noun
Dominican (person from the Dominican Republic)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 多米尼加人。
    Tā shì yí gè duō mǐ ní jiā rén.
    He is a Dominican.
  • 多米尼加人。
    Hěn duō duō mǐ ní jiā rén xǐ huan dǎ lán qiú.
    Many Dominicans like to play basketball.
  • 多米尼加人。
    Nà wèi duō mǐ ní jiā rén lái zì duō mǐ ní jiā gòng hé guó.
    That Dominican is from the Dominican Republic.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

多米尼加Dominican
多duō米mǐ尼ní加jiā
人rénperson

多米尼加 spells the foreign name, and 人 adds 'person' to form a Dominican.

Characters in this word

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.

Open 多 →

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

米 is a picture of rice kernels without husk, with the horizontal stroke as a bamboo sieve. It is unrelated to similar-looking grain characters.

Open 米 →

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.

Open 尼 →

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

加 pairs 力 and 口. In one explanation 力 is strength and 口 is the mouth, meaning exaggeration; in another 力 is plowing effort and 口 is breath or exclamation, meaning extra effort.

Open 加 →

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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