Chinese word

印度

Pronunciation

Pinyinyìn dù

Meaning

  • nounIndia

Example

我想去印度。wǒ xiǎng qù yìn dù

I want to go to India.

Illustration for 印度 (India)

More examples

我喜欢吃印度菜。wǒ xǐ huān chī yìn dù cài

I like eating Indian food.

Core concept

A country that forms one recognizable political and geographic unit in South Asia.

Common phrases

  • 去印度qù yìn dù

    go to India

  • 印度人yìn dù rén

    Indian

  • 印度菜yìn dù cài

    Indian food

Similar words

印度人yìn dù rén: A person from India by birth or nationality.
印第安人yìn dì ān rén: A member of an Indigenous people from North America.

Definition in Chinese

南亚的一个国家，首都是新德里。nán yà de yí gè guó jiā shǒu dū shì xīn dé lǐ

Word origin

印度 (yìndù, "India") is a sound-based Chinese rendering of a name ultimately connected with Sanskrit Sindhu, not a word whose two characters describe the country.

Usage tips

  • The English word Indian can also refer to a Native American person, so context matters when an English sentence uses Indian for a person or thing.

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