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移民

移民

Chinese

		to move; to shift; to change to move; to shift; to change; to alter; to remove	the people; nationality; citizen
simp. and trad. (移民)		移	民

Noun

移民

Verb

移民

to immigrate; to migrate
哪個國家好移民？ / 哪个国家好移民？ ― Nǎge guójiā hǎo yímín? ― Which country is easy to immigrate to?

Derived terms

移民者 (yímínzhě)

See also

公民 (gōngmín)
居民 (jūmín)
平民 (píngmín)
市民 (shìmín)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
移	民
い Grade: 5	みん Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Common Japanese) いみん [ìmíń] (Heiban)

Noun

移民 ‎(hiragana いみん, romaji imin)

immigrant, emigrant (a person)

Verb

移民する ‎(intransitive, hiragana いみんする, romaji imin suru)

immigrate, settle

Conjugation

Conjugation of "移民する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	移民し	いみんし	imin shi
Continuative (連用形)	移民し	いみんし	imin shi
Terminal (終止形)	移民する	いみんする	imin suru
Attributive (連体形)	移民する	いみんする	imin suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	移民すれ	いみんすれ	imin sure
Imperative (命令形)	移民せよ¹ 移民しろ²	いみんせよ¹ いみんしろ²	imin seyo¹ imin shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	移民される	いみんされる	imin sareru
Causative	移民させる移民さす	いみんさせるいみんさす	imin saseru imin sasu
Potential	移民できる	いみんできる	imin dekiru
Volitional	移民しよう	いみんしよう	imin shiyō
Negative	移民しない	いみんしない	imin shinai
Negative continuative	移民せず	いみんせず	imin sezu
Formal	移民します	いみんします	imin shimasu
Perfective	移民した	いみんした	imin shita
Conjunctive	移民して	いみんして	imin shite
Hypothetical conditional	移民すれば	いみんすれば	imin sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yímín

(Zhuyin): ㄧˊ ㄇㄧㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁴ man⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yì-mìn
Min Nan (POJ): î-bîn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: yímín
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˊ ㄇㄧㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yimin
  - IPA ^(key): /i³⁵ min³⁵/
  - Homophones:
    
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    移民
    遺民／遗民
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji⁴ man⁴
  - Yale: yìh màhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁴ man⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /jiː²¹ mɐn²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yì-mìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: iˇ minˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yi² min²
  - IPA: /i¹¹ min¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yì-mìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)iˇ minˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yi² min²
  - IPA: /(j)i¹¹ min¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: î-bîn
  - Tâi-lô: î-bîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: i'biin
  - IPA (Xiamen): /i²⁴⁻²² bin²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /i²⁴⁻²² bin²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /i¹³⁻²² bin¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /i²⁴⁻¹¹ bin²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /i²³⁻³³ bin²³/