居民

居民

Chinese

		reside	the people; nationality; citizen
simp. and trad. (居民)		居	民
anagram		民居

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jūmín

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩ ㄇㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi¹ man⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kî-mìn
• Min Nan (POJ): ku-bîn / kir-bîn / ki-bîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jūmín
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩ ㄇㄧㄣˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiumin
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵⁵ min³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: geoi¹ man⁴
    • Yale: gēui màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goey¹ man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gêu¹ men⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /kɵy̯⁵⁵ mɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kî-mìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: gi´ minˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gi¹ min²
    • IPA: /ki²⁴ min¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ku-bîn
    • Tâi-lô: ku-bîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ku'biin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ku⁴⁴⁻²² bin²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ku⁴⁴⁻³³ bin²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kir-bîn
    • Tâi-lô: kir-bîn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɯ³³ bin²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki-bîn
    • Tâi-lô: ki-bîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ki'biin
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki⁴⁴⁻³³ bin²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki⁴⁴⁻²² bin¹³/

Noun

居民

1. resident; inhabitant

   居民身份證 / 居民身份证  ―  jūmín shēnfènzhèng  ―  resident identity card

   境內居民 / 境内居民  ―  jìngnèi jūmín  ―  domestic resident

   提高居民生活水平 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   tígāo jūmín shēnghuóshuǐpíng [Pinyin]

   to improve residents' standard of living

Derived terms

居民區／居民区 (jūmínqū) 居民委員會／居民委员会 居民樓／居民楼

居民身份證／居民身份证 居民點／居民点 永久居民 (yǒngjiǔ jūmín)

See also

• 公民 (gōngmín)
• 居留 (jūliú)
• 居住 (jūzhù)
• 平民 (píngmín)
• 市民 (shìmín)
• 移民 (yímín)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
居	民
きょ Grade: 5	みん Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 居民 (MC kɨ|kɨʌ miɪn). Compare modern Chinese 居民 (jūmín).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) きょみん [kyòmíń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [kʲo̞mʲĩɴ]

Noun

居民 (hiragana きょみん, rōmaji kyomin)

1. resident, inhabitant (of a particular area)

Synonyms

• 住 (じゅう)民 (みん) (jūmin)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN