粵

人jan4煙jin1

simp人烟also written人菸
jan4 jin1rén yān

English

  1. sign of human habitation
  2. sign of human activity; metaphor for number of households in a particular area

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 住係嗰度嘅家庭

Examples

  • 避開空氣污染嘅唯一方法就係喺啲杳無人煙嘅地方到住。

    The only way to escape air pollution is to live in the middle of nowhere.

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  • 呢條村人煙稀少,大部份原居民都去咗城市打工。

    This village is sparsely populated, most indigenous people have migrated to cities to seek employment.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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