人為

See also: 人为

Chinese

		man; person; people	because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become
trad. (人為/人爲)		人	為/爲
simp. (人为)		人	为
anagram		為人／为人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rénwéi

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ wai⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngìn-vì
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): jîn-ûi / lîn-ûi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rénwéi
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rénwéi
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-wei²
    • Yale: rén-wéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renwei
    • Palladius: жэньвэй (žɛnʹvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ wai⁴
    • Yale: yàhn wàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ wai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ wei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ wɐi̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngìn-vì
    • Hakka Romanization System: nginˇ viˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngin² vi²
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋin¹¹ vi¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jîn-ûi
    • Tâi-lô: jîn-uî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jin'uii
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zin²³⁻³³ ui²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zin¹³⁻²² ui¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-ûi
    • Tâi-lô: lîn-uî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lin'uii
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /lin²⁴⁻²² ui²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lin²⁴⁻¹¹ ui²⁴/

Verb

人為

1. to have a human cause
2. to require human effort

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 人為

1. artificial; man-made; contrived (when used as an attributive)

See also

• (not to be confused with) 為人／为人 (wéirén)