本省人

Reading

Kana: ほんしょうじん

Romaji: honshōjin

Definitions

noun

1

(China) someone from one's own province

2

(Taiwan) someone whose ancestors had lived in Taiwan before the Kuomintang related immigration wave

Kanji

本

Readings: ホン、 もと

Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things

省

Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 かえり.みる、 はぶ.く

Meanings: focus, government ministry, conserve

人

Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と

Meaning: person