人口

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Japanese [edit]

Kanji in this term

Noun [edit]

人口 (hiragana じんこう, romaji jinkō)

  1. population

Korean [edit]

Hanja in this word

Noun [edit]

人口 (in-gu)

  1. Hanja form? of 인구, “population”.

Mandarin [edit]

simpl. and trad.

Etymology [edit]

From ("person") and ("mouth", cf. "" - "a family with three family members").

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: [ ʐən˧˥kʰoʊ̯˨˩˦ ]
  • (file)

Noun [edit]

人口 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin rénkǒu)

  1. (Elementary Mandarin) population
  2. (Elementary Mandarin) the number of people in a family

References [edit]

  • 1985, Jingrong (ed.) Wu, The Pinyin CHINESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY (in Mandarin/English), Beijing, Hong Kong: The Commercial Press, ISBN 0471867969:
  • 2000, Jingmin (ed.) Shao, HSK Dictionary (HSK汉语水平考试词典) (in Mandarin/English), Shanghai: Huadong Teachers College Publishers, ISBN 7561720785:
  • "人口" (in Mandarin/English), Dr. eye. URL accessed on 2008-12-28.