中国人

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 中国人 – see 中國人 (“Chinese person; Chinese people; the Chinese”). (This term is the simplified form of 中國人).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
中	国	人
ちゅう Grade: 1	こく > ごく Grade: 2	じん Grade: 1
kan'on

Alternative spelling
中國人 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

中国 (“China”) +‎ 人 (“person; people”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ちゅうごくじん [chùúgókúꜜjìǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɨːɡo̞kɯ̟ʑĩɴ]

Noun

中(ちゅう)国(ごく)人(じん) • (Chūgokujin) 

1. a Chinese person

See also

• 国(こく)人(じん) (kokujin)