Indochina is not a country you can visit under that name today. It is an old European name for part of Southeast Asia.

Indochina印度支那 is not a country you can visit under that name today不是一個你今天可以用這個名字去拜訪的國家。 It is這 an old European name歐洲人取的舊名字, for part of Southeast Asia指東南亞的一部分。

In the 1800s people used it loosely: it could cover Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, parts of Malaysia, and Laos. In the 1900s the meaning usually shrank to a political one — the lands France ruled there: Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos.

In the 1800s在十九世紀, people used it loosely人們用得很鬆散: it could cover Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, parts of Malaysia, and Laos它可以涵蓋越南、柬埔寨、緬甸、泰國、馬來西亞的一部分和寮國。 In the 1900s到了二十世紀 the meaning usually shrank to a political one意思通常縮小成政治上的用法 — the lands France ruled there指法國在當地統治的土地: Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos越南、柬埔寨和寮國。

Those three were also called French Indochina. After they became independent, the name stayed in history books more than on new maps.

Those three這三個地方 were also called也被稱為 French Indochina法屬印度支那。 After they became independent等它們獨立之後, the name stayed in history books more than on new maps這個名字比較留在歷史書裡，而不是新地圖上。

The word was built to sound like India plus China, copying French Indochine. A Scottish poet and scholar, John Leyden, suggested the name in the early 1800s; the geographer Conrad Malte-Brun was among the first to print it.

The word was built to sound like India plus China這個字造出來讓它聽起來像 India 加 China, copying French Indochine是照著法文 Indochine 仿造的。 A Scottish poet and scholar, John Leyden蘇格蘭詩人兼學者約翰．雷登 suggested the name in the early 1800s在十九世紀初提出這個名字; the geographer Conrad Malte-Brun地理學家康拉德．馬爾特－布倫 was among the first to print it是最早把它印出來的人之一。