人影

Chinese

		man; person; people	picture; image; reflection picture; image; reflection; shadow
simp. and trad. (人影)		人	影
alternative forms		儂影／侬影 Min

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rényǐng

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ jing²
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ngìn-yáng

  (Hailu, HRS): ngin rhang^ˊ

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): nang² ng³ / nang² iann³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lâng-iáⁿ

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rényǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rényǐng
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-ying³
    • Yale: rén-yǐng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renyiing
    • Palladius: жэньин (žɛnʹin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ iŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (人影兒 / 人影儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rényǐngr
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄥˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rényǐngr
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-ying³-ʼrh
    • Yale: rén-yǐngr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renyiiengl
    • Palladius: жэньинр (žɛnʹinr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ iɤ̯̃ɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ jing²
    • Yale: yàhn yíng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ jing²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ ying²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ jɪŋ³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngìn-yáng
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngin^ˇ iang^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngin² yang³
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋin¹¹ i̯aŋ³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngìn-yáng
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngin^ˇ (r)iang^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngin² yang³
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋin¹¹ (j)i̯aŋ³¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngin rhang^ˊ
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋin⁵⁵ ʒaŋ²⁴/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: nang² ng³ [Phonetic: nang⁵ ng³]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: náng-n̂g
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naŋ¹³⁻¹¹ ŋ̍⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: nang² ng³ [Phonetic: nang⁵ ng³]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naŋ²⁴⁻²¹ ŋ̍³³²/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: nang² iann³ [Phonetic: nang⁵ ngia³]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naŋ²⁴⁻²¹ ^(Ø-)ŋia³³²/

Note:

• Putian:
  • nang2 ng3 - “shadow of a person (under the sun, moon or light), trace of a person”.
• Xianyou:
  • nang2 ng3 - “shadow of a person (under the sun, moon or light)”;
  • nang2 iaⁿ3 - “one's reflection in water or a mirror, trace of a person”.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâng-iáⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: lâng-iánn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lang'viar
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /laŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ iã⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /laŋ²³⁻³³ iã⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /laŋ²⁴⁻²² iã⁵³/

Noun

人影

1. shadow or figure of a person
2. (figurative) trace of a person

   他剛才還在這裡，這一會兒就不見人影了。 [MSC, trad.]
   他刚才还在这里，这一会儿就不见人影了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā gāngcái hái zài zhèlǐ, zhè yīhuìr jiù bù jiàn rényǐng le. [Pinyin]

   He was here a moment ago; now he's disappeared without a trace.

Synonyms

• (trace):

edit

• 儂影 / 侬影 (Min)
• 印痕 (yìnhén)
• 形跡 / 形迹 (xíngjì)
• 斑痕 (bānhén)
• 殘跡 / 残迹 (cánjì)
• 烙印 (làoyìn)
• 痕跡 / 痕迹 (hénjì)
• 蹤影 / 踪影 (zōngyǐng)
• 蹤跡 / 踪迹 (zōngjì)
• 身影 (shēnyǐng) (figurative)
• 點子 / 点子 (diǎnzi)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (人影):

• → Japanese: 人影(じんえい) (jin'ei)
• → Korean: 인영(人影) (inyeong)

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “人影”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 395.

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
人	影
ひと Grade: 1	かげ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [çito̞ka̠ɡe̞]
• (Tokyo) ひとかげ [hìtókágé] (Heiban – [0])

Noun

人(ひと)影(かげ) • (hitokage) 

1. a figure of a person
2. a shadow of a person
3. (figurative) trace of a person
   • 1986, “Rainy Blue (Rainy Blue)”, 大木誠 (lyrics), performed by 德永英󠄄明:

     人(ひと)影(かげ)も見(み)えない午(ご)前(ぜん) ０(ゼロ)時(じ)

     hitokage mo mienai gozen zero-ji

     Midnight, and not a single person can be seen

     (literally, “a midnight where not even the shadow of a person can be seen”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
人	影
じん Grade: 1	えい Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑĩɰ̃e̞ː]
• (Tokyo) じんえー [jìń'éé] (Heiban – [0])

Noun

人(じん)影(えい) • (jin'ei) 

1. synonym of 人影 (hitokage, “figure or shadow of a person”)

References

• “人影”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
人	影

Noun

人影 • (inyeong) (hangeul 인영)

1. hanja form^? of 인영 (“shadow of a person; figure of a person; trace of a person”)