名人

Chinese

		name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place	man; person; people
trad. (名人)		名	人
simp. #(名人)		名	人
anagram		人名

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): míngrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ jan⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): miàng-ngìn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bêng-lîn / bêng-jîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: míngrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: míngrén
    • Wade–Giles: ming²-jên²
    • Yale: míng-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingren
    • Palladius: минжэнь (minžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ ʐən³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ming⁴ jan⁴
    • Yale: mìhng yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ jɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: miàng-ngìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: miangˇ nginˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: miang² ngin²
    • Sinological IPA: /mi̯aŋ¹¹ ŋin¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: bîng-lîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bengliin
    • IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-jîn
    • Tâi-lô: bîng-jîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bengjiin
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ¹³⁻²² d͡zin¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ²³⁻³³ zin²³/

Noun

名人

1. well-known person; celebrity; figure

   名人代言  ―  míngrén dàiyán  ―  celebrity endorsement

   社會名人／社会名人  ―  shèhuì míngrén  ―  public figure

   歷史名人／历史名人  ―  lìshǐ míngrén  ―  historical figure

Synonyms

• 公眾人物／公众人物 (gōngzhòng rénwù)
• 名流 (míngliú) (formal)
• 大牌 (dàpái) (figurative)
• 明星 (míngxīng) (star)
• 知名人士 (zhīmíng rénshì)

 

Derived terms

• 名人效應／名人效应 (míngrén xiàoyìng)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
名	人
めい Grade: 1	じん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) めーじ​ん [mèéjíꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [me̞ːʑĩɴ]

Noun

名(めい)人(じん) • (meijin) 

1. a master, an expert

Proper noun

名(めい)人(じん) • (Meijin) 

1. (historical) a title held by the strongest go player in Japan
2. a Japanese go tournament, and the title conferred to its winner
3. a Japanese shogi tournament, and the title conferred to its winner

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
名	人

Noun

名人 • (myeong'in) (hangeul 명인)

1. Hanja form^? of 명인 (“expert; master”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
名	人

Noun

名人

1. chữ Hán form of danh nhân (“a renowned (typically deceased) individual who (has) made important contributions to humanity”).