肯尼亚人 (kěn ní yà rén) — Kenyan; Kenyan person

Definition

noun

KenyanKenyan person

Measure word · 个

肯尼亚人，。
Tā shì kěn ní yà rén, lái zhōng guó liú xué.
He is a Kenyan who came to study in China.
肯尼亚人。
Wǒ zài lǚ xíng zhōng rèn shi le yí wèi kěn ní yà rén.
I met a Kenyan during my travels.
肯尼亚人。
kěn ní yà rén De wén huà hé zhōng guó de wén huà hěn bù yí yàng.
Kenyan culture and Chinese culture are very different.

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.

肯尼亚

肯尼亚 spells Kenya, and 人 denotes a person, giving a Kenyan.

Characters in this word

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

肯 is described as showing 冎 (bone) and 肉 (meat), meaning meat attached to the bone.

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.