中国の人口は日本の約8倍です。

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中国の人口は日本の約 8 倍です。

English Translation

The population of China is about eight times as large as that of Japan.

Furigana

中国(ちゅうごく)の人口(じんこう)は日本(にっぽん)の約(やく)8倍(ばい)です。

Romanji

Chūgoku no jinkō wa Nippon no yaku 8 bai desu.

Words

中国 (ちゅうごく)

China; Chugoku region of western Honshu (incl. Okayama, Hiroshima, Shimane, Tottori and Yamaguchi prefectures); central part of a country; main region

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

人口 (じんこう)

population; common talk

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

日本 (にほん、にっぽん)

Japan

約 (やく)

approximately; about; promise; shortening; reduction; simplification; contraction (in phonetics)

八 (はち、や)

eight

倍 (ばい)

twice; double; times; -fold