He is a local.
本地人
native person (of a country)
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Meaning and common use
native person (of a country)
How 本地人 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 本地人 appears in 10 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
I am sorry. I am not from here.
Tom is a Boston native.
Words that keep company with 本地人.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 本地人.
Directly before
- 个本地人2
- 一个本地人1
- 不是本地人1
- 波士顿本地人1
- 弗罗茨瓦夫本地人1
Directly after
- 本地人一样1
- 本地人嗤之以鼻1
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
About 本地人
What does 本地人 mean in Chinese?
本地人 (běndìrén) means native person (of a country).
How do you pronounce 本地人?
本地人 is pronounced běndìrén.
Is 本地人 an HSK word?
本地人 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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