亚裔

亞裔
Yàyì
noun #18,368

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 of Asian descent
  2. 2 Asian (person, in a Western context)

Examples

Tā shì Yàyì Měiguórén.
He is an Asian American.
Yàyì zài zhège chéngshì de rénkǒu bǐlì búduàn zēngjiā.
The proportion of Asian residents in this city keeps growing.

Tips

usage
亚裔 specifically refers to people of Asian descent living outside Asia. Within Asia, you'd just say the nationality. The suffix works like English '-descent': 华裔 (Chinese descent), (Korean descent).

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