恩人

Chinese

		kind act (from above)	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (恩人)		恩	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ēnrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄣ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan¹ jan⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ên-ngìn
• Jin (Wiktionary): gheng¹ reng¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): un-lîn / un-jîn / in-jîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ēnrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄣ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: enrén
    • Wade–Giles: ên¹-jên²
    • Yale: ēn-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: enren
    • Palladius: эньжэнь (enʹžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀən⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan¹ jan⁴
    • Yale: yān yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan¹ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen¹ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ên-ngìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: en´ nginˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: en¹ ngin²
    • Sinological IPA: /en²⁴ ŋin¹¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: gheng¹ reng¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɣə̃ŋ¹¹ ʐə̃ŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: un-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: un-lîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: unliin
    • IPA (Xiamen, Singapore): /un⁴⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /un⁴⁴⁻³³ lin²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /un³³ lin²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: un-jîn
    • Tâi-lô: un-jîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: unjiin
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /un⁴⁴⁻³³ zin²³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: in-jîn
    • Tâi-lô: in-jîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: injiin
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /in⁴⁴⁻³³ zin²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /in⁴⁴⁻²² d͡zin¹³/

Noun

恩人

1. someone who is kind or helpful to someone else; benefactor; patron

   學會感恩，善待恩人。 [MSC, trad.]
   学会感恩，善待恩人。 [MSC, simp.]

   Xuéhuì gǎn'ēn, shàndài ēnrén. [Pinyin]

   Learn to be grateful, and be kind to those who help you.

Derived terms

• 一斗米養個恩人，一石米養個仇人／一斗米养个恩人，一石米养个仇人
• 大恩人
• 救命恩人
• 翻把恩人當仇人／翻把恩人当仇人

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (恩人):

• → Japanese: 恩人(おんじん) (onjin)
• → Korean: 은인(恩人) (eunin)
• → Vietnamese: ân nhân (恩人)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
恩	人
おん Grade: 6	じん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) おんじん [òńjíń] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) おんじ​ん [òńjíꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [õ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑĩɴ]

Noun

恩(おん)人(じん) • (onjin) 

1. benefactor (one who gives gifts or help)
   • 1954, 坂口安吾, 曾我の暴れん坊:

     その大(おお)きい立派(りっぱ)なお方(かた)は命(いのち)の恩人(おんじん)。

     Sono ōkii rippa na o-kata wa inochi no onjin.

     That splendid gentleman saved my life.

Korean

Hanja in this term
恩	人

Noun

恩人 • (eunin) (hangeul 은인)

1. Hanja form^? of 은인 (“benefactor”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
恩	人

Noun

恩人

1. chữ Hán form of ân nhân (“benefactor”).