🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

非居民

Pronunciation / Transliteration: fēi jūmín

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Nonresident/ˌnɒnˈrɛz.ɪ.dənt/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"该银行账户只对非居民开放。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Not living or residing in a particular place, state, or country for legal, tax, or official purposes.

    "Nonresident students are typically required to pay higher tuition fees at state universities."
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who does not reside in a given place or jurisdiction.

    "The local tax applies to both residents and nonresidents who earn income within the city limits."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the English prefix non- (meaning 'not') combined with resident, originating from Middle English and Latin roots ('re-' meaning back/again and 'sedere' meaning to sit or dwell). The compound term emerged in legal and administrative contexts during the modern era to describe individuals or entities not permanently residing in a specific jurisdiction.

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