移民

yimin/i.min/

noun

a person who moves to another country to live there

迁到别的国家定居的人

An immigrant arrives to settle; a tourist only visits, and an emigrant is named from the country left behind.

移民是来定居的人，和游客不同；从离开的国家看则叫移出者。

Examples

01
那位移民抱着一叠材料在签证处整整等了一上午。
The immigrant waited all morning at the visa office with a folder of papers.
02
出国第一年，那位移民每晚都在父母的店里做到很晚。
In her first year abroad the immigrant worked nights at her parents' store.
03
这栋楼里的每一位移民都会先给家里汇款再交房租。
Every immigrant in our building sends money home before the rent is due.

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