被拆迁人

被拆遷人
bèichāiqiānrén
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 person subject to demolition and relocation
  2. 2 evictee in a demolition project

Examples

HSK 6
Bèichāiqiānrén yǒu quán huòdé hélǐ de bǔcháng.
Those subject to demolition have the right to reasonable compensation.
HSK 7-9
Kāifāshāng yǔ bèichāiqiānrén jiù bǔcháng jīn'é fāshēng zhēngyì.
The developer and the evictees had a dispute over the compensation amount.

Tips

grammar
被 + verb + 人 is a productive pattern for 'person who is [verbed]': 被告人 (defendant), 被害人 (victim), 被拆迁人 (person being relocated due to demolition). Here 被 marks the passive, the person is on the receiving end of 拆迁.
culture
Forced demolitions and inadequate compensation have been a major source of social conflict in China's urbanization, making 被拆迁人 a politically sensitive term in news and legal writing.

Stroke Order

被 bèi
拆 chāi
迁 qiān
人 rén