戀人

See also: 恋人

Chinese

		feel attached to; long for; love	man; person; people
trad. (戀人)		戀	人
simp. (恋人)		恋	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liànrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˋ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lyun² jan⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): loân-jîn / loân-lîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liànrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˋ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liànrén
    • Wade–Giles: lien⁴-jên²
    • Yale: lyàn-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liannren
    • Palladius: ляньжэнь (ljanʹžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lyun² jan⁴
    • Yale: lyún yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lyn² jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lün² yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lyːn³⁵ jɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: loân-jîn
    • Tâi-lô: luân-jîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loanjiin
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /luan²³⁻³³ zin²³/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: loân-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: luân-lîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loanliin
    • IPA (Taipei): /luan²⁴⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 戀人

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.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
戀	人

Noun

戀人 • (yeonin) (hangeul 연인)

1. Hanja form^? of 연인 (“one's love; one's lover”).