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殖民 meaning in English

zhímín

colony; colonial

17 strokes

Meaning of 殖民

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

zhímín
  1. colony
  2. colonial

殖民 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

火huǒ星xīng将jiāng被bèi殖zhí民mín。
Mars will be colonized.
台tái湾wān曾céng经jīng是shì日rì本běn的de殖zhí民mín地dì。
Taiwan was once a colony of Japan.
肯kěn尼ní亚yà曾céng经jīng是shì英yīng国guó的de殖zhí民mín地dì。
Kenya used to be a British colony.
尼ní日rì利lì亚yà曾céng经jīng是shì英yīng国guó的de殖zhí民mín地dì。
At one time Nigeria was a British colony.
有yǒu人rén说shuō中zhōng国guó像xiàng是shì俄é国guó的de殖zhí民mín地dì。
Some say that China was like a Russian colony.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

殖 zhí · to breed · 12 strokes

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民 mín · citizens · 5 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 殖民.

人民rénmínthe people
公民gōngmíncitizen
农民nóngmínpeasant; farmer
民族mínzúnationality; ethnic group
民间mínjiānamong the people; popular
人民币rénmínbìRenminbi, the official currency of the PRC (currency codes: RMB or CNY)
中华民族Zhōnghuá Mínzúthe Chinese nation; the Chinese people (collective reference to all the ethnic groups in C
居民jūmínresident; inhabitant
移民yímínto immigrate; to migrate
国民guómínnationals; citizens
市民shìmíncity resident; townspeople
民主mínzhǔdemocracy; democratic

Questions about 殖民

What does 殖民 mean?

殖民 (zhímín) means "colony; colonial".

How do you write 殖民?

殖民 is made of 2 characters: 殖 (12 strokes), 民 (5 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.