外人

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Chinese[edit]

 
outside; in addition; foreign
outside; in addition; foreign; external
 man; person; people
trad. (外人) 外 人
simp. #(外人) 外 人

Pronunciation[edit]

Rime
Character 外 人
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 疑 (31) 日 (38)
Final (韻) 泰 (26) 眞 (43)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division (等) I III
Fanqie 五會切 如鄰切
Baxter ngwajH nyin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ŋuɑiH/ /ȵiɪn/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ŋʷɑiH/ /ȵin/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ŋuɑiH/ /ȵʑjen/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ŋwajH/ /ȵin/
Li
Rong 		/ŋuɑiH/ /ȵiĕn/
Wang
Li 		/ŋuɑiH/ /ȵʑĭĕn/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ŋuɑiH/ /ȵʑi̯ĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		wèi rén
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ngoi6 jan4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 外 人
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		wài rén
Middle
Chinese 		‹ ngwajH › ‹ nyin ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[ŋ]ʷˁa[t]-s/ /*ni[ŋ]/
English outside (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 外 人
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 12606 10800
Phonetic
component 		外 人
Rime
group 		祭 眞
Rime
subdivision 		1 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		外 仁
Old
Chinese 		/*ŋʷaːds/ /*njin/

Noun[edit]

外人

  1. non-family member
  2. outsider; stranger
  3. foreigner

Synonyms[edit]

  • (stranger):
  • (foreigner):
Dialectal synonyms of 外國人 (“foreigner”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 夷, 夷人, 外夷, 四夷, 胡人
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 外國人, 外賓, 外人, 洋人
Mandarin Beijing 老外, 色糖
Taiwan 外國人, 老外
Tianjin 老外
Harbin 外國人, 老外
Yantai (Muping) 外國人
Jinan 外國人, 老外, 洋人
Luoyang 老外, 洋人, 洋鬼子
Wanrong 洋人
Xi'an 老外, 洋人
Yinchuan 洋人, 老外, 洋鬼子
Lanzhou 外國人
Yanqi 外國人
Wuhan 外國人, 洋人
Chengdu 老外, 外國人, 洋人
Guiyang 外國人, 洋人
Kunming 老外, 洋老咪
Guilin 外國人
Liuzhou 老外
Xuzhou 老外
Yangzhou 外國人, 老外
Nanjing 外國人, 老外, 洋人, 洋鬼子
Singapore 外國人
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 外國人, 夷人
Cantonese Guangzhou 外國人
Hong Kong 外國人
Taishan 老外
Dongguan 番鬼佬, 鬼佬
Qinzhou 鬼佬, 外國佬, 番鬼佬
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 老番鬼
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 鬼佬
Singapore (Guangfu) 外國人
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 鬼佬
Móng Cái 外國人, 鬼佬
Yangon (Taishan) 紅毛鬼, 外國人
Mandalay (Taishan) 外國人
Gan Nanchang 外國人, 洋人
Pengze 外國佬
Lichuan 外國人, 洋人
Pingxiang 洋人
Hakka Meixian 外國人, 番人, 番仔, 番鬼
Yudu 外國人, 外國佬, 洋人
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 外國人
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 外國人
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 外國人
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 外國人
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 外國人
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 外國人
Huizhou Jixi 外國佬
Jin Taiyuan 外國人, 洋人, 洋鬼子
Xinzhou 外國人
Northern Min Jian'ou 外國人, 番仔
Eastern Min Fuzhou 番儂, 番囝, 番囝哥, 鬼佬
Southern Min Xiamen 外國儂, 番仔
Quanzhou 番仔
Hui'an 外國仔
Zhangzhou 番仔
Singapore (Hokkien) 外國儂
Manila (Hokkien) 外國儂
Shantou 外國儂, 番鬼, 番囝
Singapore (Teochew) 外地儂, 外國儂
Leizhou 番邦儂
Central Min Yanping (Wangtai) 外國人
Zhongshan Min Sanxiang 番鬼佬
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 外國人
Wu Shanghai 老外, 外國人, 外頭人, 洋人
Shanghai (Chongming) 外國人
Suzhou 外國人
Danyang 老外, 洋人
Hangzhou 外國佬兒
Wenzhou 番人
Jinhua 外國人, 外國佬, 洋鬼子兒
Xiang Changsha 外國人, 外國佬, 洋人子, 洋人
Loudi 洋人, 外國佬
Note Terms that include 鬼 and/or 番 are potentially derogatory.

Antonyms[edit]

  • (antonym(s) of "non-family member"): 自己人 (zìjǐrén)

See also[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
外 人
がい
Grade: 2 		じん
Grade: 1
on’yomi
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Etymology 1[edit]

/gwaizin/ > /gaizin/ [gaidʑin]. Literally outside person. From the late 19th on also used for foreigners.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

外(がい)人(じん) • (gaijin) ←ぐゎいじん (gwaizin)?

  1. (obsolete) outsider; an estranged, unfamiliar person
  2. (sometimes derogatory) alien, foreigner; especially foreigner in Japan
    • 1875: 文明論之概略 (page 18)
      譬えば頑固なる士民は外国人を悪むを以て常とせり。又学者流の人にても少しく見識ある者は外人の挙動を見て決して心酔するに非ず，之を悦ばざるの心は彼の頑民に異なることなしと云うも可なり。
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  3. (Hawaii) A white person
Usage notes[edit]

Today 外人 often has a stereotyped connotation, and 外国人 is used as a neutral term.

Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Adjective 疎い (utoi, “unacquainted”) in attributive form and 人 (hito, “person”).

Noun[edit]

外人(うときひと) • (utoki hito) 

  1. an estranged, unfamiliar person

References[edit]

  • Doi, Tadao (1603–1604) Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1980, →ISBN.
  • Fukuzawa, Yukichi (1995) [1875] Bunmeiron no Gairyaku, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  • Hanawa, Hokiichi (1960) Gunsho Ruijū, volume 8, Tōkyō: Zoku Gunsho Ruijū Kanseikai
  • Kamei, Takashi (1944) [1617] Kagakushū: Gennabon, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten
  • Kidō, Saizō with Imoto Nōichi (1961) Iwanami Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei: Renga Ronshū, Haironshū (in Japanese), Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  • Takagi, Ichinosuke with Masao Ozawa, Kaoru Atsumi, Haruhiko Kindaichi (1959) Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 32: Heike Monogatari 1 (in Japanese), Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  • Tasaka, Junko (1985) [995-999] Fusōshū: Kōhon to Sakuin, Fukuoka: Tōka Shobō
  • Fukkoku Nihon Koten Zenshū: Setsuyōshū, Tōkyō: Gendai Shichō Shinsha, 2006 [1597], →ISBN

Anagrams[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja in this term
外人

Noun[edit]

外人 • (oein) (hangeul 외인)

  1. Hanja form? of 외인 (“foreigner, alien”).
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