人前

Chinese

		man; person; people	front, forepart; in front; past front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward
trad. (人前)		人	前
simp. #(人前)		人	前
anagram		前人

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 人前(にんまえ) (ninmae).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ cin⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ cin⁴
    • Yale: yàhn chìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ tsin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ qin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ t͡sʰiːn²¹/

Noun

人前

1. Classifier for servings of food.

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
人	前
ひと Grade: 1	まえ Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ひとまえ [hìtómáé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [çito̞ma̠e̞]

Noun

人(ひと)前(まえ) • (hitomae) 

1. the public

   人前(ひとまえ)で鼻(はな)をかむ

   hitomae de hana o kamu

   to blow one's nose in public

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
人	前
にん Grade: 1	まえ Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ĩmːa̠e̞]

Noun

人(にん)前(まえ) • (ninmae) 

1. portion of food