人物

Chinese

		man; person; people	thing; object; matter
simp. and trad. (人物)		人	物

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rénwù

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ mat^6-2, jan⁴ mat⁶

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ngìn-vu̍t

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ngin² vud⁶

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): jîn-bu̍t / lîn-bu̍t

  (Teochew, Peng'im): nang⁵ muêh⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rénwù
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rénwù
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-wu⁴
    • Yale: rén-wù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renwuh
    • Palladius: жэньу (žɛnʹu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ u⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ mat^6-2, jan⁴ mat⁶
    • Yale: yàhn mát, yàhn maht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ mat^9-2, jan⁴ mat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ med^6-2, yen⁴ med⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ mɐt̚²⁻³⁵/, /jɐn²¹ mɐt̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngìn-vu̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: nginˇ vud
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngin² vud⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋin¹¹ vut̚⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ngin² vud⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋin¹¹ ʋut̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jîn-bu̍t
    • Tâi-lô: jîn-bu̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jinbut
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zin²³⁻³³ but̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zin¹³⁻²² but̚¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-bu̍t
    • Tâi-lô: lîn-bu̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: linbut
    • IPA (Taipei): /lin²⁴⁻¹¹ but̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lin²⁴⁻²² but̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lin²⁴⁻²² but̚⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: nang⁵ muêh⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nâng mue̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ mueʔ⁴/

Noun

人物

1. figure; personage

   歷史人物／历史人物  ―  lìshǐ rénwù  ―  historical figure

   神秘人物  ―  shénmì rénwù  ―  mysterious figure

   神話人物／神话人物  ―  shénhuà rénwù  ―  mythological figure

   焦點人物／焦点人物  ―  jiāodiǎn rénwù  ―  central figure

2. character (in a story)

   主要人物  ―  zhǔyào rénwù  ―  main character

3. personnel

   內部人物／内部人物  ―  nèibù rénwù  ―  internal personnel

4. (art) figure painting; painting of a person; portrait
5. (Classical) demeanour
6. (Classical) people and things

Synonyms

• (figure painting): 人物畫／人物画 (rénwùhuà)

Derived terms

• 不受歡迎人物／不受欢迎人物 (bù shòu huānyíng rénwù)
• 人物畫／人物画 (rénwùhuà)
• 人設／人设 (rénshè)
• 代表人物 (dàibiǎo rénwù)
• 公眾人物／公众人物 (gōngzhòng rénwù)
• 反面人物 (fǎnmiàn rénwù)
• 大人物 (dàrénwù)
• 小人物 (xiǎorénwù)
• 風雲人物／风云人物 (fēngyúnrénwù)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (人物):

• → Japanese: 人物(じんぶつ) (jinbutsu)
• → Korean: 인물(人物) (inmul)
• → Vietnamese: nhân vật (人物)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
人	物
じん Grade: 1	ぶつ Grade: 3
kan’on

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じ​んぶつ [jíꜜǹbùtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑĩmbɯ̟ᵝt͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

人(じん)物(ぶつ) • (jinbutsu) 

1. person, figure, personage
2. someone's character

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
人	物

Noun

人物 • (inmul) (hangeul 인물)

1. Hanja form^? of 인물 (“figure”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
人	物

Noun

人物

1. chữ Hán form of nhân vật (“figure”).