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
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ku-bîn / kir-bîn / ki-bîn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ge¹ ming⁵ / ge¹ mêng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jūmín
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩ ㄇㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyumín
    • Wade–Giles: chü¹-min²
    • Yale: jyū-mín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiumin
    • Palladius: цзюйминь (czjujminʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵⁵ min³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: geoi¹ man⁴
    • Yale: gēui màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goey¹ man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gêu¹ men⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵy̯⁵⁵ mɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kî-mìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: gi^ˊ min^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gi¹ min²
    • Sinological IPA: /ki²⁴ min¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ku-bîn
    • Tâi-lô: ku-bîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ku'biin
    • IPA (Xiamen, Singapore): /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/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ge¹ ming⁵ / ge¹ mêng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kṳ mîng / kṳ mêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɯ³³⁻²³ miŋ⁵⁵/, /kɯ³³⁻²³ meŋ⁵⁵/

Note:

• ge1 ming5 - Chaozhou, Shantou;
• ge1 mêng5 - Jieyang.

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 (jūmín wěiyuánhuì)
• 居民樓 / 居民楼
• 居民身份證 / 居民身份证
• 居民點 / 居民点 (jūmíndiǎn)
• 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)

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 ki|kjo mjin). Compare modern Chinese 居民 (jūmín).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

居(きょ)民(みん) • (kyomin) 

1. resident, inhabitant (of a particular area)

Synonyms

• 住民(じゅうみん) (jūmin)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
居	民

Noun

居民

1. chữ Hán form of cư dân (“resident; inhabitant”).