本省人

Chinese

		home province	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (本省人)		本省	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): běnshěngrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄕㄥˇ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun² saang² jan⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pún-séng-lâng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: běnshěngrén [Phonetic: bénshěngrén]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄕㄥˇ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: běnshěngrén
    • Wade–Giles: pên³-shêng³-jên²
    • Yale: běn-shěng-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beensheengren
    • Palladius: бэньшэнжэнь (bɛnʹšɛnžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun² saang² jan⁴
    • Yale: bún sáang yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun² saang² jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun² sang² yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³⁵ saːŋ³⁵ jɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pún-séng-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: pún-síng-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pwnsefnglaang
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²⁴/

Noun

本省人

1. (Taiwan) benshengren; person who or whose ancestors settled in Taiwan prior to or during Japanese colonization of Taiwan

Usage notes

Although technically this term includes the indigenous people of Taiwan, in popular usage it is used specifically to refer to the Han Chinese whose ancestors settled in Taiwan during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Synonyms

• (derogatory) 臺客／台客 (táikè)

Antonyms

• 外省人 (wàishěngrén)