"王医生不是中国人。"
Translation:Doctor Wang is not Chinese.
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Actually, many Chinese would also address a Japanese who's surname is Ō as "Wang". Most Japanese names are pronounced with the Chinese pronunciation of the Japanese Kanji in China. A pity especially for all the pretty girls' names ending on 子 (-ko), that end on -zi in Chinese.
A bit of a slip up there, 汉子/漢子 means man/masculine man, it ought to be 汉字/漢字.
The correct answer was 'Doctor Wang is a man of many nations, but he's certainly not Chinese'
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The character guó, which is part of "nation", seems to consist of a king (wáng) surrounded by something. Makes sense!
(Also, there's a little extra at the middle of the king. Probably his wang.)
You are onto something here, but it's a bit more roundabout. 王King>国Nation. Jade was used in a lot of the royal artifacts and was regarded as a precious material, so it makes sense why it would be written as a king with a little artifact on him, and a jade artifact encased in a box would represent the nation. Interestingly though this is a result of Chinese simplification. The traditional way of writing 国 is 國, which is "or" in a box.
Also, Jade character also means "treasure" (not just the stone), so the country is regarded as a treasure to be safeguarded.
In English the abbreviation for doctor requires a period or full stop Dr. Wang. I don’t know if Duolingo accepts the abbreviation though.
the apostrophe in wang's still means wang is. so like i can say Jane's not a doctor ,I should be able to say Wang's not chinese
Maybe he's from Taiwan or Singapore. Or maybe he's an American of Chinese descent :)
When you accidentally type a letter next to the one you wanted, Duolingo only counts it as a typo if it doesn’t make another word.
Try reporting it as also correct, but verify the rest of the sentence.
Chinese and Wang must be capitalized in English and "isn't" was passing as a typo, but people are reporting that.
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中国人 usually simply means citizens and/or nationals of China, but - WARNING - there are such people who will hate you if you ask whether they're 中国人.
For people of specific ethnic groups, other words are used. For example,
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Han Chinese: 汉人;
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Mongolians: 蒙古人 (which can be confusing because this word can also mean citizens and/or nationals of Mongolia) or, less ambiguously, 蒙古族人, where 族 means "clan, race" - obviously, some 蒙古族人 are 中国人, but some aren't);
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Manchurians: 满州人 or 满人, where 州 means "state," and 满州 is a place;
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Uyghurs: 维吾尔人;
etc.
How come sometimes, with the ones I have to speak, it doesnt let me finish talking? Am i pausing too long? I need a second I'm struggling here!!