European Countries

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:

• The Americas
• Asia
• Middle East
• Pacific
• Africa