華人
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See also: 华人
Chinese[edit]
flowery; flourishing; magnificent flowery; flourishing; magnificent; your; grey; corona; time; essence; China; Chinese; name of a mountain |
man; person; people | ||
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trad. (華人) | 華 | 人 | |
simp. (华人) | 华 | 人 |
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
華人
- person of Chinese descent
- 刊行以來,這本書在港、臺及世界各地的華人中始終擁有廣大的讀者群。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 1965: Pai Hsien-yung, Taipei People, Editor's Preface
- Kānxíng yǐlái, zhè běn shū zài Gǎng, Tái jí shìjiè gè dì de huárén zhōng shǐzhōng yōngyǒu guǎngdà de dúzhěqún. [Pinyin]
- Since publication, this book has acquired a large readership in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Chinese communities the world over.
刊行以来,这本书在港、台及世界各地的华人中始终拥有广大的读者群。 [MSC, simp.]
Usage notes[edit]
Often used to indicate people travelling or living outside of China. This identity is rejected by many Hong Kong and Taiwan independence activists, who identify exclusively as 香港人 and 臺灣人 respectively.
Synonyms[edit]
Dialectal synonyms of 華人 (“person of Chinese descent”) [map]
Variety | Location | Words |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 華人, 唐人 chiefly overseas | |
Mandarin | Taiwan | 華人 |
Malaysia | 華人 | |
Singapore | 華人 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 唐人 |
Hong Kong | 華人, 唐人 | |
Taishan | 華人, 唐人 | |
Kaiping (Chikan) | 唐人 | |
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 唐人 | |
Singapore (Guangfu) | 唐人 | |
Hakka | Meixian | 唐人 |
Min Dong | Fuzhou | 唐儂 |
Min Nan | Xiamen | 華人, 唐儂 |
Quanzhou | 華人, 唐儂 | |
Zhangzhou | 華人, 唐儂 | |
Taipei | 華人 GT | |
Penang (Hokkien) | 唐儂 | |
Singapore (Hokkien) | 唐儂 | |
Manila (Hokkien) | 咱儂 | |
Shantou (Chaoyang) | 唐儂 | |
Singapore (Teochew) | 唐儂 | |
Wu | Shanghai | 華人 |
Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Japanese[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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華 | 人 |
か Grade: S |
じん Grade: 1 |
on’yomi |
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
Categories:
- Chinese lemmas
- Mandarin lemmas
- Dungan lemmas
- Cantonese lemmas
- Taishanese lemmas
- Hakka lemmas
- Min Dong lemmas
- Min Nan lemmas
- Teochew lemmas
- Wu lemmas
- Chinese nouns
- Mandarin nouns
- Dungan nouns
- Cantonese nouns
- Taishanese nouns
- Hakka nouns
- Min Dong nouns
- Min Nan nouns
- Teochew nouns
- Wu nouns
- Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Mandarin terms with quotations
- Intermediate Mandarin
- Japanese terms spelled with 華 read as か
- Japanese terms spelled with 人 read as じん
- Japanese terms read with on'yomi
- Japanese words suffixed with 人
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms written with two Han script characters