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人均 (rén jūn) — to be per capita; to average per person (used as a verb in statistical summaries, e.g. 人均多少元)

Definition

A statistics/finance term meaning 'per capita' — averages a total across the number of people. Used in reports (人均收入, 人均GDP) rather than everyday speech.

verb
to be per capitato average per person (used as a verb in statistical summaries, e.g. 人均多少元)

Examples

  • 人均。
    Qù nián zhè ge chéng shì rén jūn shōu rù zēng zhǎng le hěn duō.
    Last year,ast year this city's per capita income grew a lot.
  • 人均GDP。
    rén jūn GDP shì héng liáng fā zhǎn de zhòng yào zhǐ biāo.
    Per capita GDP is an important measure of development.
  • 人均。
    Wǒ men gōng sī rén jūn lì rùn jiē jìn shí wàn yuán.
    Our company's per capita profit is close to 100,000 yuan.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

人rénperson
均jūnaverage

人 gives per person and 均 gives average, so the word means averaged per person.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 人 shows a side view of a standing person, with an arm and a leg.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
土土tǔearth
Sound part声符shēngfú
匀
匀yún均jūn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

均 pairs 土 (earth) with 匀, which gives it its sound.

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