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殖民
zhímín
1. colony
2. colonial
Common • Top 15%

Character Breakdown

殖
zhí
to breed, to spawn; to grow, to prosper
HSK 6 12 丶
民
mín
citizens, subjects; a nation's people
HSK 4 5 丶

Compound Words (7)

殖民地
zhímíndì
colony
HSK 6
殖民者
zhímínzhě
colonialist
半殖民地
bànzhímíndì
semi-colonial
新殖民化
xīnzhímínhuà
neocolonialization
殖民主义
zhímínzhǔyì
colonialism
新殖民主义
xīnzhímínzhǔyì
neocolonialism
半封建半殖民地
bànfēngjiànbànzhímíndì
semi-feudal and semi-colonial (the official Marxist description of China in the late Qing and under the Guomindang)

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Category
Chinese
Word Frequency Rank
12,436 of 84,292