原住民

Chinese

		former; original; primary former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source	inhabitant; resident
simp. and trad. (原住民)		原	住民
alternative forms		原著民

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yuánzhùmín

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄓㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ zyu⁶ man⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): ngièn-chhu-mìn / ngiàn-chhu-mìn

(Hailu, HRS): ngien chu^˖ min
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): goân-chū-bîn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yuánzhùmín
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄓㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yuánjhùmín
  - Wade–Giles: yüan²-chu⁴-min²
  - Yale: ywán-jù-mín
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuanjuhmin
  - Palladius: юаньчжуминь (juanʹčžuminʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹ min³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyun⁴ zyu⁶ man⁴
  - Yale: yùhn jyuh màhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ dzy⁶ man⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ ju⁶ men⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ t͡syː²² mɐn²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngièn-chhu-mìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngien^ˇ cu min^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² cu⁴ min²
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯en¹¹ t͡sʰu⁵⁵ min¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiàn-chhu-mìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngian^ˇ cu min^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² cu⁴ min²
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯an¹¹ t͡sʰu⁵⁵ min¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngien chu^˖ min
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋien⁵⁵ t͡ʃʰu³³ min⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goân-chū-bîn
  - Tâi-lô: guân-tsū-bîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goanzuxbiin
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² t͡su²²⁻²¹ bin²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁴¹⁻²² bin²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡuan¹³⁻²² t͡su²²⁻²¹ bin¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡuan²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su³³⁻¹¹ bin²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡuan²³⁻³³ t͡su³³⁻²¹ bin²³/

Noun

原住民

aborigine; indigenous person
原住民土地所有權 [MSC, trad.]
原住民土地所有权 [MSC, simp.]
yuánzhùmín tǔdì suǒyǒuquán [Pinyin]
native title

Synonyms

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原住民族 (yuánzhùmínzú)
土人 (tǔrén)
土著
土著人 (tǔzhùrén)

Derived terms

原住民族 (yuánzhùmínzú)

Descendants

→ Bunun: Incimin

References

“原住民”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
原	住	民
げん Grade: 2	じゅう Grade: 3	みん Grade: 4
kan'on	goon

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) げんじゅうみん [gèńjúꜜùmìǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɡẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑɨːmʲĩɴ]

Noun

原(げん)住(じゅう)民(みん) • (genjūmin) ^{←げんぢゆうみん (gendyuumin)^?}

(dated) aborigine (aboriginal inhabitant of a country)

Synonyms

先(せん)住(じゅう)民(みん) (senjūmin)
土(ど)人(じん) (dojin) (derogatory)

References

^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
原	住	民

Noun

原住民 • (wonjumin) (hangeul 원주민)

hanja form^? of 원주민 (“aborigine”)

[SMK7-1] Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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