令人

Chinese

		make or cause to be; order; command make or cause to be; order; command; decree; honorable	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (令人)		令	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lìngrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁶ jan⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lin-ngìn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: lìngrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linqren
    • IPA ^(key): /liŋ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ling⁶ jan⁴
    • Yale: lihng yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁶ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁶ yen⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²² jɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lin-ngìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: lin nginˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lin⁴ ngin²
    • IPA: /lin⁵⁵ ɲin¹¹/

Noun

令人

1. good person; kindhearted person
2. bailiff of feudal yamen
3. title given to a noblewoman (命婦／命妇)

Verb

令人

1. to make one; to cause people (put before a noun or adjective to create a description)

   令人印象深刻  ―  lìngrén yìnxiàng shēnkè  ―  impressive (lit. to make one's impression deep)

   令人討厭 / 令人讨厌  ―  lìngrén tǎoyàn  ―  irritating (lit. to make one annoyed)

   令人厭煩 / 令人厌烦  ―  lìngrén yànfán  ―  bore one to tears (lit. to make one bored)

   令人噴飯 / 令人喷饭  ―  lìngrén pēnfàn  ―  side-splittingly funny (lit. to make one spray out food)

   • “Entry #6484”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

     令人發笑歡樂的事物。 [MSC, trad.]

     令人发笑欢乐的事物。 [MSC, simp.]

     Lìngrén fāxiào huānyuè de shìwù. [Pinyin]

     Something joyous that makes one laugh.

2. to send someone