情人

Chinese

		feeling; emotion; passion feeling; emotion; passion; situation	man; person; people
trad. (情人)		情	人
simp. #(情人)		情	人
anagram		人情

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qíngrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing⁴ jan⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhìn-ngìn
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chêng-lîn / chêng-jîn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cêng⁵ nang⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qíngrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cíngrén
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing²-jên²
    • Yale: chíng-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyngren
    • Palladius: цинжэнь (cinžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵ ʐən³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qíngrénr
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄖㄣˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cíngrénr
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing²-jên²-ʼrh
    • Yale: chíng-rénr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyngrel
    • Palladius: цинжэньр (cinžɛnʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵ ʐəɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cing⁴ jan⁴
    • Yale: chìhng yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing⁴ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing⁴ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ²¹ jɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhìn-ngìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: qin^ˇ ngin^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qin² ngin²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰin¹¹ ŋin¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chêng-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: tsîng-lîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zengliin
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chêng-jîn
    • Tâi-lô: tsîng-jîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zengjiin
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ¹³⁻²² d͡zin¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ²³⁻³³ zin²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cêng⁵ nang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshêng nâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰeŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ naŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

情人

1. lover; sweetheart

Usage notes

• In mainland China, 情人 (qíngrén, “lover”) usually refers to a partner in an extramarital relationship except in 情人節／情人节 (Qíngrénjié, “Valentine's Day”). For a person who loves, 愛人／爱人 (àirén, “lover”) is popular among elder people, while 戀人／恋人 (liànrén, “lover”) is popular among young people.

Derived terms

• 初戀情人 / 初恋情人 (chūliàn qíngrén)
• 夢中情人 / 梦中情人 (mèngzhōng qíngrén)
• 情人果
• 情人眼裡出西施 / 情人眼里出西施 (qíngrén yǎnlǐ chū Xīshī)
• 情人眼裡有西施 / 情人眼里有西施
• 情人節 / 情人节 (Qíngrénjié, “Saint Valentine's Day”)

See also

• 戀人／恋人 (liànrén, “lover”)
• 愛人／爱人 (àirén, “lover”)
• 性伴侶／性伴侣 (xìngbànlǚ, “sexual partner”)
• 情侶／情侣 (qínglǚ, “unmarried couple”)
• 人情 (rénqíng)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
情	人
じょう Grade: 5	じん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ːʑĩɴ]

Noun

情(じょう)人(じん) • (jōjin) 

1. sweetheart
2. lover

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
情	人
じょう Grade: 5	にん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ːɲ̟ĩɴ]

Noun

情(じょう)人(にん) • (jōnin) 

1. lover

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
情	人
なさ Grade: 5	ひと > びと Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [na̠sa̠ke̞bʲito̞]

Noun

情人(なさけびと) • (nasakebito) 

1. sweetheart

References

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

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
情	人

Noun

情人

1. chữ Hán form of tình nhân (“lover”)