閹人

See also: 阉人

Chinese

		castrate	man; person; people
trad. (閹人)		閹	人
simp. (阉人)		阉	人
alternative forms		奄人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yānrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jim¹ jan⁴
• Eastern Min (BUC): iĕng-ìng
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): iam¹ ring⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yānrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yanrén
    • Wade–Giles: yen¹-jên²
    • Yale: yān-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ianren
    • Palladius: яньжэнь (janʹžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jim¹ jan⁴
    • Yale: yīm yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jim¹ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yim¹ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: iĕng-ìng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ieŋ⁵⁵ ^(Ø-)ŋiŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: iam¹ ring⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iam jîng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iam³³⁻²³ d͡ziŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

閹人

1. (sometimes derogatory) castrated person; castrate
2. (historical) eunuch of a palace or court; imperial eunuch
   • 1912, 淸室優待條件 [Articles of Favourable Treatment of the Great Qing Emperor after His Abdication]:

     以前宮內所用各項執事人員，可照常留用，惟以後不得再招閹人。 [MSC, trad.]
     以前宫内所用各项执事人员，可照常留用，惟以后不得再招阉人。 [MSC, simp.]

     Yǐqián gōng nèi suǒ yòng gèxiàng zhíshì rényuán, kě zhàocháng liú yòng, wéi yǐhòu bùdé zài zhāo yānrén. [Pinyin]

     All servants and personnel formerly in the imperial palace may be retained, provided that no eunuch shall be recruited.

Synonyms

• (eunuch):

• 內臣／内臣 (nèichén)
• 太監／太监 (tàijiàn) (Qing Dynasty)
• 宦官 (huànguān) (chiefly historical)
• 寺人 (sìrén) (literary, historical)
• 閹宦／阉宦 (yānhuàn) (literary, historical)