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
?mei guó rén
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Canadian
?jia ná dà rén
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Japanese
?rì ben rén
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Dialogue - What Nationality Are You?

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

A: ?Ni shì na guo rén?
B: ?Wo shì Fà Guó rén.
A : ?Ta ye shì Fà Guó rén ma?
B : ?Bú shì. Ta shì Jia Ná Dà rén.

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

A: ??????
B: ?????.
A : ????????
B: ??. ??????.

For more country names see:

• The Americas
• Asia
• Middle East
• Pacific
• Europe

English	Pinyin	Traditional Characters	Simplified Characters
Africa	?fei zhou	??	??
Algeria	?A er jí lì yà	?????	?????
Angola	?An ge la	???	???
Cameroon	?ka mài lóng	???	???
Central African Republic	?Zhong Fei Gòng hé guó	?????	?????
Chad	?chá dé	??	??
Republic of Congo	?Gang guo	??	??
Djibouti	?jí bù tí	???	???
Ethiopia	?yi suo bi yà	????	????
Egypt	?ai jí	??	??
Gambia	?gan bi yà	???	???
Ghana	?jia nà	??	??
Guinea	?ji nèi yà	???	???
Kenya	?ken yà	??	??
Liberia	?lài bi ruì yà	????	????
Libya	?lì bi yà	???	???
Madagascar	?ma dá jia si jia	?????	?????
Mali	?malì	??	??
Morocco	?mó luò ge	???	???
Mozambique	?Mò sang bi kè	????	????
Niger	?ní rì er	???	???
Nigeria	?nài jí lì yà	????	????
Rwanda	?lú An dá	???	???
Senegal	?sài nèi jia er	????	????
Somalia	?suo ma lì yà	????	????
South Africa	?nán fei	??	??
Sudan	?su dan	??	??
Tanzania	?tan shàng ní yà	????	????
Tunisia	?tu ní si	???	???
Uganda	?wu gan dá	???	???
Zambia	?shàng bi yà	???	???
Zimbabwe	?xin ba wei	???	???