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人口普查

Mandarin · pinyin rén kǒu pǔ chá

census

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人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
口: kǒu · mouth; open end; entrance, gate
普: pǔ · universal, general, widespread
查: chá · investigate, examine, seek into

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2–3–3–2 · ren2 kou3 pu3 cha2

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noun

census (official count of a population)

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