Mars will be colonized.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
殖民
colony
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
colony
02
colonial
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 殖民 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 殖民 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
When Spain colonized the Philippines, they were administrated by Mexico City. So it was Mexican Spanish, not Castilian Spanish, that influenced Tagalog.
No published English translation for this sentence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 殖民.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 殖民.
Directly before
- 被殖民2
- 西班牙殖民1
- 寻求殖民1
Directly after
- 殖民了1
- 殖民利益1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
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.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 殖民
What does 殖民 mean in Chinese?
殖民 (zhímín) means colony.
How do you pronounce 殖民?
殖民 is pronounced zhímín.
Is 殖民 an HSK word?
殖民 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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