苏丹人 (sū dān rén) — Sudanese (person)

Definition

noun

Sudanese (person)

Measure word · 个

苏丹人。
Zhè wèi sū dān rén shì wǒ de tóng xué.
This Sudanese person is my classmate.
，苏丹人。
Tā lái zì fēi zhōu, shì yí gè sū dān rén.
He comes from Africa and is a Sudanese person.
苏丹人。
Hěn duō sū dān rén zài xué zhōng wén.
Many Sudanese people are learning Chinese.

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.

苏丹Sudan

The 苏丹 place and 人 person combine to mean a Sudanese person.

Characters in this word

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 蘇; 苏 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 苏 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words it is 蘇; in others it is 甦 or 囌.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

艸艸cǎograss; plant

Sound part声符shēngfú

穌

穌sū蘇Sū

Same sound today

The traditional form 蘇 uses 艸 (grass; plant) for meaning and 穌 for sound; the simplified 苏 is a later shorthand.

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

The shape 丹 shows a well or mine with red cinnabar inside.

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.