本省人

Chinese

home province man; person; people
simp. and trad.
(本省人)
本省

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Noun

本省人

  1. (Taiwan) benshengren; person who or whose ancestors settled in Taiwan prior to or during Japanese colonization of Taiwan

Usage notes

Although technically this term includes the indigenous people of Taiwan, in popular usage it is used specifically to refer to the Han Chinese whose ancestors settled in Taiwan during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

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