中國人 (zung1 gwok3 jan4 | zhong1 guo2 ren2) : Chinese person/people

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中國人

zung1 gwok3 jan4

zhong1 guo2 ren2

Chinese person/people

Level: 1 Google Frequency: 5,180,000

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

中國人 / 中国人

This word has been viewed 4622 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 17th Aug 2005 14:23 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

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Characters in this word:

中 zung1 zung3 - centre; middle; during; average; affected by
國 gwok3 - nation; country; state
人 jan4 - person; human being

9 compounds containing this word:

中國人民 - the Chinese people
中國人民武裝警察部隊 - People's Armed Police (PAP)
中國人民解放軍 - People's Liberation Army (PLA)
中國人民解放軍空軍 - People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF)
中國人民大學 - Renmin University of China
中國人民銀行 - People's Bank of China
中國人大 - China National People's Congress
中國人民政治協商會議 - Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
Common Formations:
中國人民解放軍海軍 - Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN)

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他是不是中國人？國
Is he Chinese?
[Canto: 佢係唔係中國人？]

佢係唔係中國人？粵
Is he Chinese?
[Lit. He is-not-is Chinese? Std. Chinese: 他是不是中國人？]

中國人係揸筷子食飯嘅。粵
Chinese people are [people who] use chopsticks to have their meals.
["揸" here is actually "to hold"]

中國人嘅姓係放喺前面嘅。粵
Chinese put their surnames to the front.

* The simplified equivalent of this word has not been verified by any editors, so it may not be fully accurate *

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Decimal representation of this word: 中國人

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*** The simplified equivalent of this word has not been verified by any editors, so it may not be fully accurate ***

* The simplified equivalent of this word has not been verified by any editors, so it may not be fully accurate *