日本人

Chinese

		Japan	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (日本人)		日本	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rìběnrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄧˋ ㄅㄣˇ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat⁶ bun² jan⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): ji̍t-pún-lâng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: rìběnrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄧˋ ㄅㄣˇ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ryhbeenren
    • IPA ^(key): /ʐ̩⁵¹ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat⁶ bun² jan⁴
    • Yale: yaht bún yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁹ bun² jan⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚² puːn³⁵ jɐn²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ji̍t-pún-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: ji̍t-pún-lâng
    • IPA (Taipei): /d͡ʑit̚⁴⁻³² pun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ʑit̚¹²¹⁻³² pun⁵³⁻³⁴ laŋ¹³/

Noun

日本人

1. a Japanese person

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
日	本	人
に Grade: 1	ほん Grade: 1	じん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

From 日本 (nihon, "Japan") + Sino-Japanese 人 (jin, "person").

Noun

日本人 (hiragana にほんじん, romaji nihonjin, hiragana にっぽんじん, romaji nipponjin)

1. a Japanese person, Japanese people

See also

• 日本 (にほん) (Nihon): (country) Japan

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Korean

Noun

日本人 (ilbonin) (hangeul 일본인)

1. a Japanese person