西人

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Chinese[edit]

west man; person; people
simp. and trad.
(西人)
西

Pronunciation[edit]


Noun[edit]

西人

  1. Westerner

Synonyms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Sino-Xenic (西人):
  • Japanese: 西人(せいじん) (seijin)
  • Korean: 서인(西人) (seoin)
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Proper noun[edit]

西人

  1. (historical) a political faction in the Korean court which emerged in a dispute over the appropriate powers of royal in-laws in the 1570s, and which held power for most of the seventeenth century

Korean[edit]

Hanja in this term
西

Noun[edit]

西人 (seoin) (hangeul 서인)

  1. Hanja form? of 서인 (Westerner (rare); political faction (historical)).