印第安人

Yìndì'ānrén

noun

Meanings

1 American Indians; Native Americans (of the Americas)

Characters

to print; India (transliteration)

ordinal prefix (transliteration)

peace (transliteration)

Examples

印第安人是美洲大陆的原住民。

Yìndì'ānrén shì Měizhōu dàlù de yuánzhùmín.

Native Americans are the indigenous peoples of the Americas.

他研究印第安人的传统文化。

Tā yánjiū Yìndì'ānrén de chuántǒng wénhuà.

He studies the traditional culture of Native Americans.

Tips

history

印第安 is a transliteration of 'Indian,' carrying over Columbus's 1492 mistake of thinking he had reached the East Indies. Distinct from 印度人 (Yìndùrén, people of India).

Stroke Order

印 yìn

第 dì

安 ān

人 rén