(yìn dù) - India in Mandarin

yìndù

Traditional: 印度

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Translation

India

Word origin

A phonetic transliteration of the country name India, with 印 (yìn) and 度 (dù) chosen mainly for their sound rather than their meaning.

Origin: loan
Root: 印 (yìn) + 度 (dù), chosen for sound

Stroke order

印

度

Examples

口kǒu。

India is a country with a huge population.

。

He travelled to India last year.

。

Indian food is very distinctive.

。

I have a friend from India.

亚yà。

India is located in southern Asia.

印度 (yìn dù) is the Chinese name for India, a transliteration in which the characters approximate the foreign sound. It is a proper noun naming the South Asian country.

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This word is part of lesson 34.