人口

Chinese
man; person; people mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
simp. and trad.
(人口)		 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
    • (Tokyo) じんこー [jìńkóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
    • IPA(key): [d͡ʑĩŋko̞ː]

    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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →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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