本ほん省しょう人じん

noun

person from one's own province (in China)

Used in the context of Chinese regional identity, often contrasted with 外省人 (person from another province).

See also: 外省人

• 彼かれは本ほん省しょう人じんで、同おなじ省しょうの出しゅっ身しん者しゃとすぐに打うち解とけた。

  He is a person from the same province and quickly became friendly with others from that province.

noun

person whose ancestors lived in Taiwan before the Kuomintang-related immigration wave

Taiwan-specific historical term; refers to those whose families were in Taiwan before the post-WWII influx from mainland China. Contrasts with 外省人 (mainlander who arrived after WWII).

See also: 外省人

• 台たい湾わんでは、本ほん省しょう人じんと外がい省しょう人じんの間あいだの歴れき史し的てきな緊きん張ちょうが語かたられることがある。

  In Taiwan, historical tensions between native Taiwanese and mainlanders are sometimes discussed.