魔人

Chinese

		devil	man; person; people
trad. (魔人)		魔	人
simp. #(魔人)		魔	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mórén

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ ㄖㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mórén
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mórén
    • Wade–Giles: mo²-jên²
    • Yale: mwó-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moren
    • Palladius: можэнь (možɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵ ʐən³⁵/

Noun

魔人

1. (chiefly Taiwan, neologism, slang) someone who is too obsessed with an ideology

   正義魔人／正义魔人  ―  zhèngyìmórén  ―  social justice warrior

   認真魔人／认真魔人  ―  rènzhēn mórén  ―  someone who is too serious

Japanese

Kanji in this term
魔	人
ま Grade: S	じん Grade: 1
goon	kan’on

Noun

魔(ま)人(じん) • (majin) 

1. a person who has some supernatural power or ability
   • 2004 December 9, “牛(ぎゅう)魔(ま)人(じん)”, in Beginner's Edition 2, Konami:

     森(もり)に住(す)む牛(うし)の魔(ま)人(じん)。ツノを突(つ)き出(だ)し突(とっ)進(しん)して攻(こう)撃(げき)。

     Mori ni sumu ushi no majin. Tsuno o tsukidashi tosshin shite kōgeki.

     A bovine jinn who lives in the forest. He attacks by charging and stabbing with his horns.

Usage notes

Sometimes glossed as magician, sorcerer, or conjurer. However, the term 魔人 is much more broad, and these English terms are more appropriately rendered in Japanese as 魔(ま)法(ほう)使(つか)い (mahō tsukai) or 魔(ま)術(じゅつ)師(し) (majutsushi).