HSK 6 · Family

居民 jūmín “resident” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 居民 means

  1. resident
  2. inhabitant

How to say 居民

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale居jū1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale民mín2nd tone, rising

居民 in a sentence

  1. 这个城市里有多少居民？

    Zhè ge chéngshì lǐ yǒu duōshǎo jūmín?

    How many people live in this city?

    Sentence #813477 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 居民们对噪音表示了不满。

    Jūmínmen duì zàoyīn biǎoshì le bùmǎn.

    The residents complained about the noise.

    Sentence #5117084 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 来自岛上的居民向我们求助。

    Láizì dǎo shàng de jūmín xiàng wǒmen qiúzhù.

    The islanders are asking us for help.

    Sentence #2333767 from Tatoeba

How 居民 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 居 (jū) with each of its parts in a different colour
居jūto reside; to live
  • 户door · hùMeaning part
  • 古old · gǔSound part

户 hints at the meaning (door); 古 (gǔ) hints at the sound. Compare it with jū.

The character 民 (mín) with each of its parts in a different colour
民mínthe people
  • 巳part of the character
  • 戈halberd · gē

How to write 居民

居 8 strokes · 民 5 strokes

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居民 (jūmín) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 居民 (jūmín). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 居民

Words with 居

邻居línjū · neighbour居然jūrán · unexpectedly居住jūzhù · to live (in a place)

Words with 民

民族mínzú · nationality农民nóngmín · farmer移民yímín · to immigrate人民币rénmínbì · Renminbi (RMB)渔民yúmín · fisherman公民gōngmín · citizen民间mínjiān · folk民主mínzhǔ · democracy殖民地zhímíndì · colony

More words: People, Body & Health

抚养fǔyǎng · to raise (a child)后代hòudài · descendants家伙jiāhuo · guy家属jiāshǔ · family member君子jūnzǐ · gentleman配偶pèi'ǒu · spouse乞丐qǐgài · beggar人士rénshì · public figure

FAQs

居民 (jūmín) means “resident” or “inhabitant”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jūmín: jū with a 1st tone, then mín with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 居民 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jumin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 居民 from the suggestions. Typing jumin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
居民 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.