# 人口
## Chinese

* 人口 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 人口 (Cantonese)
* 人口 (Classical)
* ngìn-khiéu (Hakka)
* jîn-kháu (Southern Min)
* 人口 (Wu)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): rénkǒu
    (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄎㄡˇ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jan$^4$ hau$^2$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): ngin$^3$ heu$^2$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): ngìn-khiéu
    (Meixian, Guangdong): ngin$^2$ kêu$^3$
* Eastern Min (BUC): ìng-kēu
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): jîn-kháu / lîn-kháu / lîn-khió
    (Teochew, Peng'im): nang$^5$ kao$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$zen-kheu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: rénkǒu
*** Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄎㄡˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: rénkǒu
*** Wade–Giles: jên$^2$-kʻou$^3$
*** Yale: rén-kǒu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renkoou
*** Palladius: жэнькоу (žɛnʹkou)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʐən³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jan$^4$ hau$^2$
*** Yale: yàhn háu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jan$^4$ hau$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yen$^4$ heo$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɐn²¹ hɐu̯³⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: ngin$^3$ heu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ᵑɡin²² heu⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngìn-khiéu
*** Hakka Romanization System: ngin$^ˇ$ kieu$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ngin$^2$ kieu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋin¹¹ kʰi̯eu̯³¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: ngin$^2$ kêu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋin¹¹ kʰeu³¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ìng-kēu
*** Sinological IPA : /iŋ⁵³⁻³³ $^{(kʰ-)}$ŋɛu³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jîn-kháu
*** Tâi-lô: jîn-kháu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: jinqao
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /zin²³⁻³³ kʰau⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zin¹³⁻²² kʰau⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-kháu
*** Tâi-lô: lîn-kháu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: linqao
*** IPA (Taipei): /lin²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰau⁵³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /lin²⁴⁻²² kʰau⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-khió
*** Tâi-lô: lîn-khió
*** Phofsit Daibuun: linqioir
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /lin²⁴⁻²² kʰio⁵⁵⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: nang$^5$ kao$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nâng kháu
*** Sinological IPA : /naŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kʰau⁵²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$zen-kheu
*** MiniDict: zen$^去$ kheu
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$zen-kheu
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zən²² kʰɤ⁴⁴/

### Noun

人口
* population (people living within a political or geographical boundary)
    城市人口 ― chéngshì rénkǒu ― urban population
    控制人口增長／控制人口增长 ― kòngzhì rénkǒu zēngzhǎng ― to control population growth
    人口分佈／人口分布 ― rénkǒu fēnbù ― population distribution
    人口密集 ― rénkǒu mìjí ― densely populated
    低端人口 ― dīduān rénkǒu ― low-end population
    常住人口 ― chángzhù rénkǒu ― permanent resident population
* number of people in a family
* mouths to feed
* people (in general contexts)

#### Usage notes

In Chinese, 人口 is used to describe a population of people. To describe a population of species, the term 種群／种群 (zhǒngqún) is used instead.

#### Synonyms

* (population): 人丁 (réndīng), (literary) 生齒／生齿 (shēngchǐ)

#### Derived terms

* 人口學／人口学 (rénkǒuxué)
* 人口密度 (rénkǒu mìdù)
* 人口普查 (rénkǒu pǔchá)
* 人口爆炸 (rénkǒu bàozhà)
* 人口結構／人口结构 (rénkǒu jiégòu)
* 人口調查／人口调查 (rénkǒu diàochá)
* 人口販賣／人口贩卖 (rénkǒu fànmài)
* 人口販運／人口贩运 (rénkǒu fànyùn)
* 人口走私 (rénkǒu zǒusī)
* 人口過剩／人口过剩 (rénkǒu guòshèng)
* 人口過多／人口过多 (rénkǒu guòduō)
* 流動人口／流动人口 (liúdòng rénkǒu)
* 總人口／总人口 (zǒngrénkǒu)
* 轉移人口／转移人口 (zhuǎnyí rénkǒu)

#### See also

* 人類／人类 (rénlèi)
* 人們／人们 (rénmen)
* 人民 (rénmín)
* 人士 (rénshì)
* 人員／人员 (rényuán)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 人 | 口 |
| じん Grade: 1 | こう Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) じんこー [jìńkóó] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [d͡ʑĩŋko̞ː]

### Noun

人(じん)口(こう) • (jinkō)
* population
** 1947, 宮本百合子, 道標:
    しかし最近(さいきん)の数年間(すうねんかん)にフランスの農業(のうぎょう)人口(じんこう)は減(へ)りつづけているということだった。
       Shikashi saikin no sūnenkan ni furansu no nōgyō jinkō wa heritsuzukete iru to iu koto datta.
       In recent years, however, the population of French farmers has continued to decrease.

### References

* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 人 | 口 |

### Noun

人口 • (in-gu) (hangeul 인구)
* hanja form of 인구 (“population”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 人 | 口 |

### Noun

人口
* chữ Hán form of nhân khẩu (“population”).