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Chinese
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grow; reproduce
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the people; nationality; citizen
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trad. (殖民)
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殖
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民
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simp. #(殖民)
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殖
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民
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alternative forms
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植民
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Etymology
c. 1880s, wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 殖民 (shokumin), which was historically an alternative form of 植民 (Shen, 2008, Pan, 2013).
Pronunciation
Note: sêg4 mêng5 - Jieyang.
Verb
殖民
- to colonise; to settle
Synonyms
Derived terms
Japanese
For pronunciation and definitions of 殖民 – see the following entry.
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(This term, 殖民, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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Korean
Noun
殖民 • (singmin) (hangeul 식민)
- hanja form? of 식민 (“colonization”)
Vietnamese
Noun
殖民
- chữ Hán form of thực dân (“colonists and colonialists”).