越南人

Yuènánrén
noun #33,065

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 Vietnamese person; the Vietnamese (people)

Examples

Tā shì Yuènánrén, dàn Zhōngwén shuō de hěn hǎo.
He's Vietnamese, but speaks Chinese very well.
Yuènánrén hěn xǐhuan chī mǐfěn.
Vietnamese people love eating rice noodles.

Tips

usage
越南 (Yuènán, 'Vietnam') + (rén, 'person') — standard nationality construction, identical pattern to 中国人 (Chinese), 美国人 (American), 日本人 (Japanese). 越南 itself literally means 'south of Yue', referring historically to the lands south of the ancient Chinese state of Yue ().

Stroke Order

yuè
nán
rén