人妖

Chinese

		man; person; people	goblin; witch; devil goblin; witch; devil; bewitching; enchanting; monster; phantom
trad. (人妖)		人	妖
simp. #(人妖)		人	妖
anagram		妖人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rényāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ jiu² / jan⁴ jiu¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): jîn-iau / lîn-iau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rényāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rényao
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-yao¹
    • Yale: rén-yāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: reniau
    • Palladius: жэньяо (žɛnʹjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ jiu² / jan⁴ jiu¹
    • Yale: yàhn yíu / yàhn yīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ jiu² / jan⁴ jiu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ yiu² / yen⁴ yiu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ jiːu̯³⁵/, /jɐn²¹ jiːu̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jîn-iau
    • Tâi-lô: jîn-iau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jin'iaw
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zin¹³⁻²² iau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zin²³⁻³³ iau⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-iau
    • Tâi-lô: lîn-iau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lin'iaw
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lin²⁴⁻²² iau³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lin²⁴⁻²² iau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lin²⁴⁻¹¹ iau⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: nyin 'jew

Rime
Character	人	妖
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)	宵 (92)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	如鄰切	於喬切
Baxter	nyin	'jew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiɪn/	/ʔˠiᴇu/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵin/	/ʔᵚiɛu/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑjen/	/ʔiæu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵin/	/ʔiaw/
Li Rong	/ȵiĕn/	/ʔjɛu/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭĕn/	/ĭɛu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯ĕn/	/ʔi̯ɛu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	rén	yāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jan4	jiu1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*njin  qrow/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	人
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	rén
Middle Chinese	‹ nyin ›
Old Chinese	/*ni[ŋ]/
English	(other) person
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	人	妖
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	10800	14627
Phonetic component	人	夭
Rime group	眞	宵
Rime subdivision	1	3
Corresponding MC rime	仁	妖
Old Chinese	/*njin/	/*qrow/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 人妖

1. (archaic) devil in human form; evil genius

   alt. forms: 人祅 (rényāo)

2. (figurative) bad person

   • 許以高官厚禄，利誘他向人妖效忠，他不動！ [MSC, trad.]
     许以高官厚禄，利诱他向人妖效忠，他不动！ [MSC, simp.]

     From: January 1978, Xu Chi, 哥德巴赫猜想 (Goldbach's conjecture)

     Xǔ yǐ gāoguānhòulù, lìyòu tā xiàng rényāo xiàozhōng, tā bùdòng! [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

3. freak (a person with abnormal sexual proclivities)
4. person fond of fancy dress and excessive make-up
5. (derogatory, offensive) transvestite; ladyboy; shemale