# 中國人
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): Zhōngguórén
       (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄖㄣˊ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): җунгуйжын (žunguyřɨn, I-II-I) / җунгуәжын (žunguəřɨn, I-II-I)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zung$^1$ gwok$^3$ jan$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): zuung$^1$ gok$^2$ ngin$^3$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Chûng-koet-ngìn
* Eastern Min (BUC): Dṳ̆ng-guók-nè̤ng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): Tiong-kok-lâng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): dong$^1$ gog$^4$ nang$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$tson-koq-gnin
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōngguórén
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄖㄣˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Jhongguórén
*** Wade–Giles: Chung$^1$-kuo$^2$-jên$^2$
*** Yale: Jūng-gwó-rén
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jonggworen
*** Palladius: Чжунгожэнь (Čžungožɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵ ʐən³⁵/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: җунгуйжын (žunguyřɨn, I-II-I) / җунгуәжын (žunguəřɨn, I-II-I)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂuŋ²⁴ kuei⁵¹ ʐəŋ²⁴/, /ʈ͡ʂuŋ²⁴ kuə⁵¹ ʐəŋ²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zung$^1$ gwok$^3$ jan$^4$
*** Yale: jūng gwok yàhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzung$^1$ gwok$^8$ jan$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zung$^1$ guog$^3$ yen$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ kʷɔːk̚³ jɐn²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: zuung$^1$ gok$^2$ ngin$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɵŋ³³ kɔk̚⁵⁵ ᵑɡin²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chûng-koet-ngìn
*** Hakka Romanization System: zung$^ˊ$ gued$^ˋ$ ngin$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zung$^1$ gued$^5$ ngin$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡suŋ²⁴ ku̯et̚² ŋin¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: Dṳ̆ng-guók-nè̤ng
*** Sinological IPA : /tyŋ⁵⁵⁻²¹ $^{(k-)}$ŋuoʔ²⁴⁻²¹ nˡøyŋ⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiong-kok-lâng
*** Tâi-lô: Tiong-kok-lâng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: diongkoklaang
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ laŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ kɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ laŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kɔk̚³²⁻⁵ laŋ¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ laŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ laŋ²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: dong$^1$ gog$^4$ nang$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tong kok nâng
*** Sinological IPA : /toŋ³³⁻²³ kok̚²⁻⁴ naŋ⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$tson-koq-gnin
*** MiniDict: tson$^平$ koh nyin
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$tson-koq-nyin
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡soŋ⁵⁵ koʔ³³ n̠ʲin²¹/

### Noun

中國人
* Chinese person; Chinese people; the Chinese (Classifier: 個／个 m c)
       Wàiguórén néng zuò dào, nándào Zhōngguórén jiù zuòbudào ma? [Pinyin]
       Foreigners can do it; can't the Chinese people do it?
       Suīrán wǒ de yuèdú shuǐpíng hěn hǎo, dànshì gēn zhōngguórén jiǎnghuà yǒudiǎn kùnnán. [Pinyin]
       Although my reading skills are very good, I have some difficulty conversing with Chinese people.
       Zhōngguórén fāmíng le zhǐnánzhēn, huǒyào, zàozhǐ hé yìnshuāshù, jiàozuò Zhōngguó Sì Dà Fāmíng. [Pinyin]
       The Chinese invented the compass, gunpowder, papermaking and printing. They are known as the Four Great Chinese Inventions.

#### Usage notes

* Used to refer to nationality, in particular citizens of the People’s Republic of China regardless of ethnicity
* This identity is rejected by many in Hong Kong and Taiwan, who identify exclusively as 香港人 (Xiānggǎngrén) and 臺灣人／台湾人 (táiwānrén) respectively.

#### Derived terms

* 我是中國人／我是中国人 (wǒ shì Zhōngguórén)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 中(ちゅう)国(ごく)人(じん) (chūgokujin)
* → Korean: 중국인(中國人) (junggugin)
Other:
* → Chinese Pidgin English: Chinaman (calque)
** → English: Chinaman

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 中 | 國 | 人 |
| ちゅう Grade: 1 | こく > ごく Jinmeiyō | じん Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi |||

### Noun

中(ちゅう)國(ごく)人(じん) • (chūgokujin)
* Kyūjitai form of 中国人: Chinese person; Chinese people

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 中 | 國 | 人 |

### Noun

中國人 • (junggugin) (hangeul 중국인)
* hanja form of 중국인 (“Chinese people”)