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人口

rén kǒu · ren kou

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 2Old HSK 5

Meaning

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  1. population
  2. people
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How many people live here?

  1. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)知道(zhīdào)北京(běijīng)的(de)人口(rénkǒu)有(yǒu)多少(duōshao)吗(ma)？

    Do you know the population of Beijing?

  2. Liangliang

    两千多万(liǎngqiānduōwàn)人(rén)。

    More than twenty million.

  3. Dengdeng

    那(nà)我们(wǒmen)这个(zhège)胡同(hútòng)的(de)人口(rénkǒu)呢(ne)？

    And the population of our hutong?

  4. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)数(shǔ)了(le)一下(yīxià)，二十个(èrshígè)人(rén)。

    I counted: twenty people.

  5. Dengdeng

    人口(rénkǒu)真(zhēn)不多(bùduō)。

    The population really is small.

  6. Liangliang

    不过(bùguò)这里(zhèlǐ)的(de)鸟(niǎo)比(bǐ)人(rén)多(duō)。

    But there are more birds here than people.

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In a sentence

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01

世(shì)界(jiè)人(rén)口(kǒu)急(jí)剧(jù)增(zēng)长(zhǎng)。

World population has rapidly increased.

Tatoeba: Chinese by murr · English by weihaiping · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

这(zhè)个(ge)城(chéng)市(shì)的(de)人(rén)口(kǒu)最(zuì)近(jìn)几(jǐ)年(nián)增(zēng)加(jiā)得(de)很(hěn)快(kuài)。

The population of this city has increased quickly in recent years.

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人
rén

person; people

口
kǒu

mouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)

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