印度尼西亞 / 印度尼西亚
Yìndùníxīyà
The English phrase "indonesia" is translated into Chinese as 印度尼西亞 / 印度尼西亚 (Yìndùníxīyà). Wiktionary also lists 印尼 (Yìnní).
Meaning: country (name)
Ways to say it
| Chinese | Romanization (Wiktionary) |
|---|---|
| 印度尼西亞 / 印度尼西亚 | Yìndùníxīyà |
| 印尼 | Yìnní |
This refers to the country of Indonesia.
What does it mean word for word?
The shortened form 印尼 is an abbreviation created by taking the first character of the first syllable (印) and the first character of the last syllable (尼) of the full transliteration.
Which one should you use?
The full name 印度尼西亞 / 印度尼西亚 is used in official documents or more formal settings, while the shortened form 印尼 is used in most spoken and written contexts.
How do you pronounce it?
The romanization is Yìndùníxīyà.
Did you know?
- The first two characters of 印度尼西亞, 印度, are the same characters used to refer to the country of India.
- The use of the character 亞 at the end of 印度尼西亞 is a common pattern for transliterating foreign names ending in 'a'.
- While 印度尼西亞 is a phonetic transliteration, the character 印 also means 'stamp' or 'print' and 尼 refers to 'nun' in other contexts.
Examples in context
- 到 2025 年，印尼預計每天將產生 15 萬公噸垃圾。By 2025, Indonesia is expected to generate 150 thousand tons of trash per day.This sentence shows how to use the abbreviation 印尼 when discussing projections for the country.Tatoeba #13175417 by LeviHighway, translation #8723502 by Hybrid
- Wǒ xiǎng qù Yìndùníxīyà lǚyóu. (我想去印度尼西亚旅游。)I want to travel to Indonesia.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “indonesia” translations, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries 印尼, 印度尼西亞, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
