非人

Chinese

		(be) not; wrong; blame (be) not; wrong; blame; Africa	man; person; people
trad. (非人)		非	人
simp. #(非人)		非	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēirén

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fei¹ jan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēirén
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: feirén
    • Wade–Giles: fei¹-jên²
    • Yale: fēi-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feiren
    • Palladius: фэйжэнь (fɛjžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fei¹ jan⁴
    • Yale: fēi yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fei¹ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: féi¹ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fei̯⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/

Noun

非人

1. wrong person
2. inhuman
3. bad man; ruffian; villain
4. unperson (especially in the sense of being stripped of humanity)

Adjective

非人

1. inhumane

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (非人):

• → Japanese: 非(ひ)人(にん) (hinin)
• → Korean: 비인(非人) (biin)
• → Vietnamese: phi nhân (非人)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
非	人
ひ Grade: 5	にん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [çiɲ̟ĩɴ]

Noun

非(ひ)人(にん) • (hinin) 

1. (historical, vulgar) beggar, outcast, lowest-ranking caste of the Edo-period caste system (comprising ex-convicts and vagrants)

See also

• 穢(え)多(た) (eta)