Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
人口
rénkǒu
Description
“人口”是指一个地方所有人的数量。
"人口" refers to the total number of people in a place.
我们常常说一个国家或者一个城市的人口有多少。
We often talk about the population of a country or a city.
Meanings
人口rénkǒu
the number of people in a place; population
中国的人口很多。
China has a large population.
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Notes
- Etymology
人 (person) + 口 (mouth, used to count people historically) = population.
- Nuance
refers to total number of people, not to individuals; use 人 for a single person.
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