巨人

Chinese

		very large; huge; tremendous very large; huge; tremendous; gigantic	man; person; people
trad. (巨人)		巨	人
simp. #(巨人)		巨	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jùrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˋ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi⁶ jan⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ki-ngìn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kū-lîn / kǐr-lîn / kī-jîn / kī-lâng / kū-lâng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jùrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˋ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyùrén
    • Wade–Giles: chü⁴-jên²
    • Yale: jyù-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuhren
    • Palladius: цзюйжэнь (czjujžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: geoi⁶ jan⁴
    • Yale: geuih yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goey⁶ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gêu⁶ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵy̯²² jɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ki-ngìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: gi nginˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gi⁴ ngin²
    • Sinological IPA: /ki⁵⁵ ŋin¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kū-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: kū-lîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuxliin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ku²²⁻²¹ lin²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kǐr-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: kǐr-lîn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɯ²² lin²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kī-jîn
    • Tâi-lô: kī-jîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kixjiin
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki²²⁻²¹ d͡zin¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kī-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: kī-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kixlaang
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki³³⁻²¹ laŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kū-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: kū-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuxlaang
    • IPA (Taipei): /ku³³⁻¹¹ laŋ²⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 巨人

1. giant

   站在巨人的肩膀上 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   zhàn zài jùrén de jiānbǎng shàng [Pinyin]

   to stand on the shoulders of giants

Related terms

• 偉人／伟人 (wěirén)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (巨人):

• → Japanese: 巨人(きょじん) (kyojin)
• → Korean: 거인(巨人) (geoin)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
巨	人
きょ Grade: S	じん Grade: 1
kan'on

Etymology

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From 巨 (kyo, “giant”) +‎ 人 (jin, “man”).

The professional baseball team is an abbreviation of one of its original names, the 東京巨人軍 (Tōkyō Kyojin-gun, “Tokyo Giants”).

Noun

巨(きょ)人(じん) • (kyojin) 

1. a giant:
   1. (mythology) a human of very great size

      進撃(しんげき)の巨人(きょじん)

      Shingeki no Kyojin

      Advancing Giants

      Synonym: ジャイアント (jaianto)

   2. a very tall person

      Synonyms: 大男 (ōotoko), 巨漢 (kyokan)

      Antonym: 小人 (kobito)

   3. a person of extraordinary strength or power, bodily or intellectual

      Synonym: 偉人 (ijin)

Derived terms

• 巨人症(きょじんしょう) (kyojinshō, “gigantism”)
• 巨人(きょじん)説(せつ)話(わ) (kyojin setsuwa)
• 巨人(きょじん)大(たい)鵬(ほう)卵(たまご)焼(や)き (kyojin taihō tamagoyaki)
• 巨人(きょじん)伝(でん)説(せつ) (kyojin densetsu)

Idioms

• 小(ちい)さな巨人(きょじん) (chīsana kyojin)

Proper noun

巨(きょ)人(じん) or 巨人(proper) • (kyojin or proper) [[Category:Japanese
|きょしん]]

1. (baseball, colloquial) Synonym of 読売ジャイアンツ (Yomiuri Jaiantsu): the Yomiuri Giants

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Korean

Hanja in this term
巨	人

Noun

巨人 • (geoin) (hangeul 거인)

1. Hanja form^? of 거인 (“giant”).