人口

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Chinese

man; person; people mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
simp. and trad.
(人口) 		人 口
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Pronunciation

Noun

人口

  1. population (people living within a political or geographical boundary)
    城市人口  ―  chéngshì rénkǒu  ―  urban population
    控制人口增長／控制人口增长  ―  kòngzhì rénkǒu zēngzhǎng  ―  to control population growth
    人口分佈／人口分布  ―  rénkǒu fēnbù  ―  population distribution
    人口密集  ―  rénkǒu mìjí  ―  densely populated
    低端人口  ―  dīduān rénkǒu  ―  low-end population
    常住人口  ―  chángzhù rénkǒu  ―  permanent resident population
  2. number of people in a family
  3. mouths to feed
  4. people (in general contexts)

Usage notes

In Chinese, 人口 is used to describe a population of people. To describe a population of species, the term 種群／种群 (zhǒngqún) is used instead.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
人 口
じん
Grade: 1 		こう
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

人(じん)口(こう) • (jinkō) 

  1. population
    • 1947, 宮本百合子, 道標:
      しかし最近(さいきん)の数年間(すうねんかん)にフランスの農業(のうぎょう)人口(じんこう)は減(へ)りつづけているということだった。
      Shikashi saikin no sūnenkan ni furansu no nōgyō jinkō wa heritsuzukete iru to iu koto datta.
      In recent years, however, the population of French farmers has continued to decrease.

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
人口

Noun

人口 • (in-gu) (hangeul 인구)

  1. hanja form? of 인구 (“population”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
人口

Noun

人口

  1. chữ Hán form of nhân khẩu (“population”).
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