意大利人 (yì dà lì rén) — Italian person; Italian people

Definition

noun
Italian personItalian people
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 意大利人。
    Tā shì yì dà lì rén.
    He is an Italian.
  • 意大利人。
    Nà ge yì dà lì rén huì shuō zhōng wén.
    That Italian can speak Chinese.
  • 意大利人。
    Zhè xiē yì dà lì rén dōu shì lái lǚ yóu de.
    These Italians are all here for tourism.

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.

意大利Italy
人rénperson

意大利 names Italy, and 人 denotes a person from it.

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.

The form 大 is a picture of a person standing and facing forward, not of someone stretching their arms.

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

利 combines 禾 (grain) and 刀 (knife), showing a knife used to cut grain.

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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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