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African Countries

By Qiu Gui Su, About.com

The list of country names and regions is found at the bottom of this page.

Mandarin names for regions and countries are very different from their English counterparts. Once you have learned the country names, however, the names for nationalities always follow the same pattern.

Nationalities

Nationalities are formed by adding rén (person) to the country name:

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American
měi guó rén
美國人

Canadian
jiā ná dà rén
加拿大人

Japanese
rì běn rén
日本人

Dialogue - What Nationality Are You?

Refer to the list of countries in the table below, and practice the dialogue by substituting other nationalities.

A: ►Nǐ shì nǎ guo rén?
B: ►Wǒ shì Fà Guó rén.
A : ►Tā yě shì Fà Guó rén ma?
B : ►Bú shì. Tā shì Jiā Ná Dà rén.

A: What’s your nationality?
B: I’m French.
A: Is she also French?
B: No, she’s Canadian.

A: 你是哪國人?
B: 我是法國人.
A : 她也是法國人嗎?
B: 不是. 她是加拿大人.

For more country names see:

English Pinyin Traditional Characters Simplified Characters
Africa fēi zhōu 非洲 非洲
Algeria Ā ěr jí lì yà 阿爾及利亞 阿尔及利亚
Angola Ān gē lā 安哥拉 安哥拉
Cameroon kā mài lóng 喀麥隆 喀麦隆
Central African Republic Zhōng Fēi Gòng hé guó 中非共和國 中非共和国
Chad chá dé 查德 查德
Republic of Congo Gāng guǒ 剛果 刚果
Djibouti jí bù tí 吉布提 吉布提
Ethiopia yī suǒ bǐ yà 衣索比亞 衣索比亚
Egypt āi jí 埃及 埃及
Gambia gān bǐ yà 甘比亞 甘比亚
Ghana jiā nà 加納 加纳
Guinea jī nèi yà 幾內亞 几内亚
Kenya kěn yà 肯亞 肯亚
Liberia lài bǐ ruì yà 賴比瑞亞 赖比瑞亚
Libya lì bǐ yà 利比亞 利比亚
Madagascar mǎ dá jiā sī jiā 馬達加斯加 马达加斯加
Mali mǎlì 馬利 马利
Morocco mó luò gē 摩洛哥 摩洛哥
Mozambique Mò sāng bǐ kè 莫桑比克 莫桑比克
Niger ní rì ěr 尼日爾 尼日尔
Nigeria nài jí lì yà 奈及利亞 奈及利亚
Rwanda lú Ān dá 盧安達 卢安达
Senegal sài nèi jiā ěr 塞內加爾 塞内加尔
Somalia suǒ mǎ lì yà 索馬利亞 索马利亚
South Africa nán fēi 南非 南非
Sudan sū dān 蘇丹 苏丹
Tanzania tǎn shàng ní yà 坦尚尼亞 坦尚尼亚
Tunisia tū ní sī 突尼斯 突尼斯
Uganda wū gān dá 烏干達 乌干达
Zambia shàng bǐ yà 尚比亞 尚比亚
Zimbabwe xīn bā wēi 辛巴威 辛巴威

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