美国人 (美國人)
Měi guó rén
Pinyin

Definition

美国人 (美國人)
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Měi guó rén
  1. American
  2. American person
  3. American people
  4. CL:個|个[gè]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

人
rén
  1. 1 man
  2. 2 person
  3. 3 people
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
  5. 5 classifier: 位 wèi
人生
rén shēng
  1. 1 life (one's time on earth)
别人
bié ren
  1. 1 other people
  2. 2 others
  3. 3 other person
女人
nǚ rén
  1. 1 woman
恋人
liàn rén
  1. 1 lover
  2. 2 sweetheart

Idioms (20)

一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一鸣惊人
yī míng jīng rén
  1. 1 to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
三人成虎
sān rén chéng hǔ
  1. 1 three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact
三人行，必有我师
sān rén xíng , bì yǒu wǒ shī
  1. 1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
  2. 2 you have sth to learn from everyone
三个女人一台戏
sān ge nǚ rén yī tái xì
  1. 1 three women are enough for a drama (idiom)

Sample Sentences

你是美国人吗？
nǐ shì Měiguórén ma ？
Are you American?
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是，我是美国人。
shì ，wǒ shì Měiguórén 。
Yes, I am American.
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我是美国人。
wǒ shì Měiguórén 。
I'm American
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我认识一个美国人，他一进到中国的公司就用美国人的方法管理员工，真是初生之犊不畏虎。
wǒ rènshi yī ge Měiguó rén ，tā yī jìn dào Zhōngguó de gōngsī jiù yòng Měiguórén de fāngfǎ guǎnlǐ yuángōng ，zhēnshi chūshēngzhīdúbùwèihǔ 。
I know a guy from the U.S., as soon as he started to work in a Chinese company, he used his American way to manage his employees. He really is the new born calf who is not afraid of tigers.
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你的公司美国人多吗？
nǐ de gōngsī Měiguó rén duō ma ？
Are there many Americans in your office?
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你的同学都是美国人吗？
nǐ de tóngxué dōu shì Měiguó rén ma ？
Are all your classmates American?
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你是美国人，所以不可以。美国人需要本人到现场办理。
nǐ shì Měiguórén ，suǒyǐ bù kěyǐ 。Měiguó rén xūyào běnrén dào xiànchǎng bànlǐ 。
You are American, so you can't do that. Americans need to apply in person at the office.
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亏你还是个美国人，连篮球都不会打。
kuī nǐ háishì gè Měiguó rén ，lián lánqiú dōu bù huì dǎ 。
It's a good thing that you're American. You can't even play basketball.
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我看到有个美国朋友在Facebook上写：我希望大麻合法化。这也太可怕了，美国人到底怎么想的啊？
wǒ kàndào yǒu ge Měiguó péngyou zài Facebook shàng xiě ：wǒ xīwàng dàmá héfǎhuà 。zhè yě tài kěpà le ，Měiguó rén dàodǐ zěnme xiǎng de a ？
I've seen some of my American friends write on Facebook: I hope that marijuana is legalized. This is really scary. What are Americans thinking?
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