dân cư
Definition
Noun: * Population; Inhabitants; Residents: The collective body of people living in a specific geographical area, such as a city, region, or country. It refers to the human community residing in a particular place.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Dân cư thành phố này rất đông đúc. (The population of this city is very dense.)
- Dân cư ven biển chủ yếu sống bằng nghề đánh cá. (The coastal inhabitants mainly live by fishing.)
- Khu vực này có dân cư thưa thớt. (This area has a sparse population.)
Advanced Usage
- "mật độ dân cư": population density.
- Mật độ dân cư của Hà Nội rất cao. (The population density of Hanoi is very high.)
- Used in formal, academic, or administrative contexts (e.g., demographics, urban planning, sociology) to discuss the characteristics, distribution, or structure of people in an area.
Variants and Related Words
- Cư dân (n): Resident, dweller. Often used interchangeably with "dân cư" but can feel slightly more formal or refer to residents of a specific complex (e.g., - apartment residents).
- Dân số (n): Population (specifically referring to the statistical count or number of people).
- Người dân (n): The people, citizens (focuses more on the people as individuals or a collective within a society).
Synonyms
- Population
- Inhabitants
- Residents
- Populace
Related Terms
- Nhân khẩu (n): Demographic (relating to the statistical structure of the population).
- Cư trú (v): To reside, to dwell.
noun
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population; inhabitants
