How to parse 中国人で日本語が話せる方は、お電話ください。?

Question

I have a difficulty to parse the following sentence. > 中国人で日本語が話せる方は、お電話ください。 I just understood the following partial phrases. - 中国人で means "with Chinese" - 日本語が話せる方 means "person who can speak Japanese" - お電話ください means "please telephone" I have learnt で that functions as - バイクで学校へ行きます。I go to school by a motorcycle. - 家で食べます。 I eat at home. But the particle で in question is difficult to understand. What does the sentence actually mean and what is the usage of で in this case?

Answer 1

Let's analyze the target sentence like you were doing:

中国人で　日本語が話せる方は、お電話ください。

The first part, 中国人で, is a form of conjugation of 形容動詞（けいようどうし,) quasi-adjective of 中国人だ(Chinese) So two together as 中国人で　日本語が話せる方 is translated into:

A Chinese person who can speak Japanese and/or If you are Chinese and can also speak Japanese

Your sample sentences are showing a couple of usage of で (Japanese particle such as English preposition,) and two elements (noun and particle) form a phrase: バイク+で, 家+で. In contrast, 中国人で is a word, thus it is inseparable.

日本人で英語が上手な方、お電話ください！

You probably have to wait for a long time to get some responses! One, The Japanese are quite humble, but also we are actually not good at English...