上人

Chinese

		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (上人)		上	人

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàngrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁶ jan⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siōng-lîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàngrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàngrén
    • Wade–Giles: shang⁴-jên²
    • Yale: shàng-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqren
    • Palladius: шанжэнь (šanžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁶ jan⁴
    • Yale: seuhng yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²² jɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: siōng-lîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioxngliin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ²²⁻²¹ lin²⁴/

Noun

上人

1. (literary) someone who is virtuous and wise
2. (literary) master; leader; monarch
3. (honorific) monk

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàngren

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ˙ㄖㄣ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàngren
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ˙ㄖㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàngre̊n
    • Wade–Giles: shang⁴-jên⁵
    • Yale: shàng-ren
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanq.ren
    • Palladius: шанжэнь (šanžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ʐən¹/

Noun

上人

1. (dialectal Mandarin, Wu) elder (parents or grandparents)

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàngrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁵ jan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàngrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàngrén
    • Wade–Giles: shang⁴-jên²
    • Yale: shàng-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqren
    • Palladius: шанжэнь (šanžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁵ jan⁴
    • Yale: séuhng yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁵ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁵ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ¹³ jɐn²¹/

Verb

上人

1. (literary) to transcend someone

Pronunciation 4

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàngrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄖㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàngrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàngrén
    • Wade–Giles: shang⁴-jên²
    • Yale: shàng-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqren
    • Palladius: шанжэнь (šanžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàngrénr
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄖㄣˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàngrénr
    • Wade–Giles: shang⁴-jên²-ʼrh
    • Yale: shàng-rénr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqrel
    • Palladius: шанжэньр (šanžɛnʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ʐəɻ³⁵/

Verb

上人

1. (chiefly Northeastern Mandarin, of restaurants, theatres, etc.) to have customers come in continuously

Japanese

Kanji in this term
上	人
うえ Grade: 1	ひと > びと Grade: 1

Noun

上(うえ)人(びと) • (uebito) ^{←うへびと (ufebito)?}

1. (archaic) court officials, courtiers

Noun

Kanji in this term
上	人
しょう Grade: 1	にん Grade: 1

上(しょう)人(にん) • (shōnin) ^{←しやうにん (syaunin)?}

1. a holy man, a priest, a saint

Noun

Kanji in this term
上	人
じょう Grade: 1	にん Grade: 1

上(じょう)人(にん) • (jōnin) ^{←じやうにん (zyaunin)?}

1. an upstanding person
2. person of high social status