葡萄牙人

Pútáoyárén

noun #35,340

Meanings

1 Portuguese (person)
2 a Portuguese national

Characters

grape (transliteration syllable)

grape (transliteration syllable)

tooth (transliteration syllable)

Examples

C罗是著名的葡萄牙人。

C Luó shì zhùmíng de Pútáoyárén.

Cristiano Ronaldo is a famous Portuguese.

很多葡萄牙人住在澳门。

Hěnduō Pútáoyárén zhù zài Àomén.

Many Portuguese people live in Macao.

Tips

culture

葡萄牙 ("Portugal") is a phonetic borrowing — the characters mean "grape tooth," but they were chosen purely for sound. Adding 人 ("person") gives the nationality. The Portuguese ran Macao (澳门) as a colony from 1557 until its handover in 1999.

Stroke Order

葡 pú

萄 táo

牙 yá

人 rén