故人

Chinese

		happening; instance; reason happening; instance; reason; cause; deceased; old	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (故人)		故	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gùrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˋ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu³ jan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gùrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˋ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gùrén
    • Wade–Giles: ku⁴-jên²
    • Yale: gù-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guhren
    • Palladius: гужэнь (gužɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu³ jan⁴
    • Yale: gu yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu³ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu³ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː³³ jɐn²¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 故人

1. (literary) old friend
2. (literary) the dead; the deceased; the departed
3. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (literary) former wife

Synonyms

• (old friend):

(deprecated template usage)

• 以前的朋友 (yǐqián de péngyou)
• 故交 (gùjiāo) (literary)
• 故友 (gùyǒu)
• 故知 (gùzhī) (literary)
• 故舊／故旧 (gùjiù) (literary)
• 老友 (lǎoyǒu)
• 老朋 (Cantonese)
• 老朋友
• 老盆友 (lǎopényǒu) (neologism, Internet, slang, humorous, cute-sounding)
• 老相識／老相识 (lǎoxiāngshí)
• 舊交／旧交 (jiùjiāo)
• 舊友／旧友 (jiùyǒu)
• 舊故／旧故 (jiùgù) (literary)
• 舊知／旧知 (jiùzhī) (literary)

 

• (the dead):

(deprecated template usage)

• 亡人 (wángrén) (literary)
• 亡者 (wángzhě) (literary)
• 往生者 (wǎngshēngzhě) (Buddhism, euphemism)
• 死人 (sǐrén)
• 死者 (sǐzhě)
• 瓜碼子／瓜码子 (gua¹ ma³ zr) (Xiang)
• 聖人／圣人 (Hokkien, euphemism)
• 逝者 (shìzhě) (literary)

 

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
故	人
こ Grade: 5	じん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

故(こ)人(じん) • (kojin) 

1. a deceased person
2. an old friend; a friend from the past

Synonyms

• (deceased person): See Thesaurus:死人
• (old friend): 旧友(きゅうゆう) (kyūyū)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
故	人

Noun

故人 • (goin) (hangeul 고인)

1. Hanja form^? of 고인 (“deceased”).

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
故	人

Noun

故人

1. Template:vi-hantu form of