人口

Chinese

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

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長   kòngzhì rénkǒu zēngzhǎng   to control population growth
    人口分佈人口分佈   rénkǒu fēn佈   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 種群種群 (zhǒngqún) is used instead.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
じん
Grade: 1
こう
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

    Noun

    (じん)(こう) (jinkō) 

    1. population
      • 1947, 宮本百合子, 道標:
        しかし最近(さいきん)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)()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. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →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

    Noun

    人口 (in-gu) (hangeul 인구)

    1. Hanja form? of 인구 (population).

    Vietnamese

    Hán tự in this term

    Noun

    人口

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