原居民 (jyun4 geoi1 man4 | yuan2 ju1 min2) : aborigine

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原居民

jyun4 geoi1 man4

yuan2 ju1 min2

[1] aborigine [Syn.] 原住民
[2] Indigenous inhabitants: residents in the New Territories of Hong Kong, whose ancestors were inhabitants there before the commencement of British rule in 1898

[2] male indigenous inhabitants which have the right to apply for small house 丁屋, also see: 丁權

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

原居民

This word has been viewed 1813 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Steph_fr on 4th Dec 2008 13:21 and last edited on 6th Feb 2011 02:48

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原 jyun4 - original; open country; pardon
居 geoi1 - live; dwell; reside; occupy
民 man4 - the people; civilian

1 compounds containing this word:

非原居民 - non-indigenous inhabitant

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