东方人

東方人

dōngfāngrén

noun #30,738

Measure Word

一个东方人 gè

Meanings

1 Easterner
2 person from the East (esp. Asian)
3 Oriental

Characters

direction; side

Examples

他是典型的东方人，性格内敛。

Tā shì diǎnxíng de dōngfāngrén, xìnggé nèiliǎn.

He is a typical Easterner, with a reserved personality.

东方人和西方人的思维方式不同。

Dōngfāngrén hé xīfāngrén de sīwéi fāngshì bùtóng.

Easterners and Westerners think in different ways.

Tips

usage

东方人 broadly means "person from the East," but in modern usage it most often refers to East Asians (Chinese, Japanese, Korean). Pair it with 西方人 (Westerner) when contrasting cultures.

Stroke Order

东 dōng

方 fāng

人 rén