人影

Chinese

		man; person; people	picture; image; reflection picture; image; reflection; shadow
simp. and trad. (人影)		人	影

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rényǐng

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ jing²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngìn-yáng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lâng-iáⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rényǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rényǐng
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-ying³
    • Yale: rén-yǐng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renyiing
    • Palladius: жэньин (žɛnʹin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ iŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (人影兒／人影儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rényǐngr
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄥˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rényǐngr
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-ying³-ʼrh
    • Yale: rén-yǐngr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renyiiengl
    • Palladius: жэньинр (žɛnʹinr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ iɤ̯̃ɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ jing²
    • Yale: yàhn yíng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ jing²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ ying²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ jɪŋ³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngìn-yáng
    • Hakka Romanization System: nginˇ iang`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngin<sup>2</sup> yang<sup>3</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋin¹¹ i̯aŋ³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngìn-yáng
    • Hakka Romanization System: nginˇ (r)iang`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngin² yang³
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋin¹¹ (j)i̯aŋ³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâng-iáⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: lâng-iánn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lang'viar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /laŋ²⁴⁻²² iã⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /laŋ²⁴⁻²² iã⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /laŋ¹³⁻²² iã⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /laŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ iã⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /laŋ²³⁻³³ iã⁴¹/

Noun

人影

1. shadow or figure of a person
2. (figurative) trace of a person

   他剛才還在這裡，這一會兒就不見人影了。 [MSC, trad.]
   他刚才还在这里，这一会儿就不见人影了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā gāngcái hái zài zhèlǐ, zhè yīhuìr jiù bù jiàn rényǐng le. [Pinyin]

   He was here a moment ago; now he's disappeared without a trace.

Synonyms

• (trace):

• 印痕 (yìnhén)
• 形跡／形迹 (xíngjì)
• 斑痕 (bānhén)
• 殘跡／残迹 (cánjì)
• 烙印 (làoyìn)
• 痕跡／痕迹 (hénjì)
• 蹤影／踪影 (zōngyǐng)
• 蹤跡／踪迹 (zōngjì)
• 身影 (shēnyǐng) (figurative)
• 點子／点子 (diǎnzi)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (人影):

• → Japanese: 人影(じんえい) (jin'ei)
• → Korean: 인영(人影) (inyeong)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
人	影
ひと Grade: 1	かげ Grade: S
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ひとかげ [hìtókágé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [çito̞ka̠ɡe̞]

Noun

人(ひと)影(かげ) • (hitokage) 

1. A figure of a person.
2. A shadow of a person.
3. (figurative) trace of a person
   • 1986, “Rainy Blue (Rainy Blue)”, 大木誠 (lyrics), performed by 德永英󠄄明:

     人(ひと)影(かげ)も見(み)えない午(ご)前(ぜん) ０(ゼロ)時(じ)

     hitokage mo mienai gozen zero-ji

     Midnight, and not a single person can be seen

     (literally, “a midnight where not even the shadow of a person can be seen”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
人	影
じん Grade: 1	えい Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じんえー [jìń'éé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑĩɰ̃e̞ː]

Noun

人(じん)影(えい) • (jin'ei) 

1. Same as above.

Korean

Hanja in this term
人	影

Noun

人影 • (inyeong) (hangeul 인영)

1. Hanja form^? of 인영 (“shadow of a person; figure of a person; trace of a person”).