真人

See also: 眞人

Chinese

		real; true; genuine	man; person; people
trad. (真人/眞人)		真/眞	人
simp. (真人)		真	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēnrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zan¹ jan⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chin-lîn / chin-jîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēnrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhenrén
    • Wade–Giles: chên¹-jên²
    • Yale: jēn-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenren
    • Palladius: чжэньжэнь (čžɛnʹžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēnrénr
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ ㄖㄣˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhenrénr
    • Wade–Giles: chên¹-jên²-ʼrh
    • Yale: jēn-rénr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenrel
    • Palladius: чжэньжэньр (čžɛnʹžɛnʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ ʐəɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zan¹ jan⁴
    • Yale: jān yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzan¹ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zen¹ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐn⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chin-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: tsin-lîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cinliin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻³³ lin²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sin³³ lin²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chin-jîn
    • Tâi-lô: tsin-jîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cinjiin
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻²² d͡zin¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻³³ zin²³/

Noun

真人

1. real person; real people
2. (Taoism, mostly used in titles) one who has attained the Tao; immortal; true man
3. (Buddhism) Bodhisattva or Arhat.

Synonyms

• (immortal): 仙 (xiān)

Derived terms

• 沖虛真人／冲虚真人
• 真人不露相 (zhēnrén bù lòuxiàng)
• 真人實境秀／真人实境秀
• 真人真事
• 真人秀 (zhēnrénxiù)
• 真人面前不說假話／真人面前不说假话
• 真人騷／真人骚
• 羅真人／罗真人
• 郭公真人
• 魯班真人／鲁班真人

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
真	人
まさ Grade: 3	と Grade: 1

Alternative spelling
眞人 (kyūjitai)

Etymology 1

Proper noun

真(まさ)人(と) • (Masato) 

1. a male given name

Etymology 2

Noun

真人(まひと) • (mahito) 

1. (Taoism, mostly used in titles) one who has attained the Tao; immortal; true man

Proper noun

真人(まひと) • (Mahito) 

1. (historical) the highest of the 八色の姓 (Yakusa no Kabane, “eight hereditary titles promulgated by Emperor Tenmu”) [from 675 CE].