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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
Middle East zhōngdōng 中東 中东
Afghanistan āfùhàn 阿富汗 阿富汗
Armenia yàměiníyà 亞美尼亞 亚美尼亚
Azerbaijan āsàibàijiāng 阿塞拜疆 阿塞拜疆
Bahrain bālín 巴林 巴林
Cyprus sàipǔlùsī 塞浦路斯 塞浦路斯
Georgia gélǔjíyà 佐治亞 格鲁吉亚
Iran yīlǎng 伊朗 伊朗
Iraq yīlākè 伊拉克 伊拉克
Israel yǐsèliè 以色列 以色列
Jordan yuēdàn 約旦 约旦
Kuwait kēwēitè 科威特 科威特
Lebanon líbānèn 黎巴嫩 黎巴嫩
Maldives mǎěrdàifū 馬爾代夫 马尔代夫
Oman āmàn 阿曼 阿曼
Palestine bālèsītǎn 巴勒斯坦 巴勒斯坦
Qatar kǎtǎěr 卡塔爾 卡塔尔
Russia éguó 俄國 俄国
Saudi Arabia shātè ālābó 沙特阿拉伯 沙特阿拉伯
Syria xùlìyà 敘利亞 叙利亚
Turkey tǔěrqí 土耳其 土耳其
Turkmenistan tǔkùmàn 土庫曼 土库曼
United Arab Emirates ālābó lián hé qiú cháng guó 阿拉伯聯合酋長國 阿拉伯联合酋长国
Uzbekistan wū zī bié kè sī tǎn 烏茲別克斯坦 乌兹别克斯坦
Yemen yěmén 也門 也门

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