人脈

Chinese

		man; person; people	mountain range; pulse
trad. (人脈)		人	脈
simp. (人脉)		人	脉
Literally: “veins/vessels of people”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rénmài

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄇㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ mak⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rénmài
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄇㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rénmài
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-mai⁴
    • Yale: rén-mài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renmay
    • Palladius: жэньмай (žɛnʹmaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ maɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ mak⁶
    • Yale: yàhn mahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ mak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ meg⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ mɐk̚²/

Noun

人脈

1. connections (people with whom one is acquainted who can offer help and influence); contacts

   積累人脈／积累人脉  ―  jīlěi rénmài  ―  to accumulate contacts

Synonyms

• 資源／资源 (zīyuán) (euphemistic)
• 路子 (lùzi)
• 路數／路数 (lùshù)
• 門道／门道 (méndao)
• 關係／关系

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
人	脈
じん Grade: 1	みゃく Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じんみゃく [jìńmyákú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑĩmʲːa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

人(じん)脈(みゃく) • (jinmyaku) 

1. connections (people with whom one is acquainted who can offer help and influence); contacts