西方人 (xī fāng rén) — Westerner (person from a Western country) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Westerner (person from a Western country)

Measure word · 个

Examples

西方人。
Hěn duō xī fāng rén xǐ huan chī miàn bāo hé niú nǎi.
Many Westerners like to eat bread and milk.
西方人。
Zhè wèi xī fāng rén zài zhōng guó zhù le shí nián.
This Westerner has lived in China for ten years.
西方人。
xī fāng rén Hé dōng fāng rén de wén huà xí guàn bú tài yí yàng.
Westerners and Easterners have somewhat different cultural habits.

Origin

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.

西方west

西xīwest方fāngdirection

偏正Modifier + head

西 and 方 make west, and 人 is person, together naming someone from the West.

Characters in this word

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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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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