仁慈

Chinese

		humane; kernel	compassionate; gentle; merciful compassionate; gentle; merciful; kind; humane
simp. and trad. (仁慈)		仁	慈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): réncí

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄘˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ ci⁴

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yìn-chhṳ̀
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lîn-chû / lîn-chîr / jîn-chû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: réncí
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄘˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: réncíh
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-tzʻŭ²
    • Yale: rén-tsź
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rentsyr
    • Palladius: жэньцы (žɛnʹcy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ t͡sʰz̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ ci⁴
    • Yale: yàhn chìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ tsi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ qi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ t͡sʰiː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yìn-chhṳ̀
    • Hakka Romanization System: inˇ ciiˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yin² ci²
    • Sinological IPA: /in¹¹ t͡sʰɨ¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yìn-chhṳ̀
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)inˇ ciiˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yin² ci²
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)in¹¹ t͡sʰɨ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-chû
    • Tâi-lô: lîn-tsû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: linzuu
    • IPA (Taipei): /lin²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lin²⁴⁻²² t͡su²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-chîr
    • Tâi-lô: lîn-tsîr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lin²⁴⁻²² t͡sɯ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jîn-chû
    • Tâi-lô: jîn-tsû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jinzuu
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zin¹³⁻²² t͡su¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zin²³⁻³³ t͡su²³/

Adjective

仁慈

1. humane; merciful; benevolent; kind

Synonyms

• 仁和 (rénhé) (literary)
• 仁愛／仁爱 (rén'ài)
• 友善 (yǒushàn)
• 可親／可亲 (kěqīn)
• 和善 (héshàn)
• 和氣／和气
• 和藹／和蔼 (hé'ǎi)
• 善良 (shànliáng)
• 好心 (hǎoxīn)
• 惠 (huì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 惠愛／惠爱 (huì'ài) (literary)
• 慈愛／慈爱 (cí'ài)
• 慈祥 (cíxiáng)
• 祥和 (xiánghé)
• 腍善 (nam⁴ sin⁶) (Cantonese)
• 藹然／蔼然 (ǎirán) (literary)
• 隨和／随和

 

Antonyms

• 兇惡／凶恶 (xiōng'è)
• 猙獰／狰狞 (zhēngníng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (仁慈):

• → Japanese: 仁(じん)慈(じ) (jinji)
• → Korean: 인자(仁慈) (inja)
• → Vietnamese: nhân từ (仁慈)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
仁	慈
じん Grade: 6	じ Grade: S
on’yomi

Noun

仁(じん)慈(じ) • (jinji) 

1. benevolence, kindheartedness

Korean

Hanja in this term
仁	慈

Noun

仁慈 • (inja) (hangeul 인자)

1. Hanja form^? of 인자 (“benevolence, generosity, kindness”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
仁	慈

Adjective

仁慈

1. chữ Hán form of nhân từ (“merciful, clement”).