人口

• 拼音: rén kǒu
• 汉字拆解: 人 = pictograph of a standing person; 口 = pictograph of an open mouth

含义

Population; the number of people in a place. Used for demographic and statistical contexts.

Primarily used when discussing the population of a country, city, or region. Common in news, geography, and social studies. Appears in compounds like 人口密度 (population density) and 人口普查 (census). Not used to count people in a small group.

例句

1. 中国的人口非常多。
2. 这个城市的人口有八百万。
3. 农村的人口越来越少了。

用法指南

语境: geography, statistics, news

语气: informational

正确说法

• 北京的人口超过两千万。(The population of Beijing exceeds twenty million.)
• 这个国家的人口在增长。(The population of this country is growing.)

错误说法

• 不要用人口来指一小群人 (Don't use 人口 to refer to a small group of people — it means population at a macro level; for a small group use 人数 or 人)

起源与历史

人 (rén, person) + 口 (kǒu, mouth). Historically, households were counted by the number of 'mouths to feed,' so 口 came to represent individuals in a population count.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal