殖民

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Chinese

grow; reproduce the people; nationality; citizen
trad. (殖民)
simp. #(殖民)
alternative forms 植民

Etymology

c. 1880s, wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese (しょく)(みん) (shokumin), which was historically an alternative form of 植民 (Shen, 2008, Pan, 2013).

Pronunciation


Note: sêg4 mêng5 - Jieyang.

Verb

殖民

  1. to colonise; to settle

Synonyms

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
Grade: S Grade: 4
For pronunciation and definitions of 殖民 – see the following entry.
植民しょくみん
colonization
a colonist
colonize
(This term, 殖民, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

殖民 (singmin) (hangeul 식민)

  1. Hanja form? of 식민 (colonization).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

殖民

  1. chữ Hán form of thực dân (colonists and colonialists).