人煙 [－烟]

Jyutping jan4 jin1
Pinyin rén yān

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. sign of human habitation
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    住​係​嗰​度​嘅​家庭
    sign of human activity; metaphor for number of households in a particular area
    • 呢條村人煙稀少，大部份原居民都去咗城市打工。
      呢条村人烟稀少，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.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    signs of human habitation
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (Tatoeba—Cantonese-English)
  1. Cantonese
    避开空气污染嘅唯一方法就系喺啲杳无人烟嘅地方到住。
    避開空氣污染嘅唯一方法就係喺啲杳無人煙嘅地方到住。
    bei6 hoi1 hung1 hei3 wu1 jim5 ge3 wai4 jat1 fong1 faat3 zau6 hai6 hai2 di1 miu5 mou4 jan4 jin1 ge3 dei6 fong1 dou3 zyu6 。
    • The only way to escape air pollution is to live in the middle of nowhere.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    人烟稀少
    人煙稀少
    jan4 jin1 hei1 siu2
    • sparsely inhabited
  2. Cantonese
    呢一带到咗夜晚就渺无人烟，好似死城噉。
    呢一帶到咗夜晚就渺無人煙，好似死城噉。
    ni1 jat1 daai3 dou3 zo2 je6 maan5 zau6 miu5 mou4 jan4 jin1, hou2 ci5 sei2 sing4 gam2.
    • This area becomes deserted when night comes like a ghost city.
  3. Cantonese
    呢条村人烟稀少，大部份原居民都去咗城市打工。
    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.