日本人

Chinese

		the sun's origin; where the sun originates; Japan	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (日本人)		日本	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rìběnrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄖˋ ㄅㄣˇ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat⁶ bun² jan⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngi̍t-pún-ngìn
• Min Dong (BUC): nĭk-buōng-nè̤ng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): li̍t-pún-lâng / ji̍t-pún-lâng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): rig⁸ bung² nang⁵

• Wu (Wiktionary): zeq pen nyin (T5)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: rìběnrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄖˋ ㄅㄣˇ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ryhbeenren
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rìběnrén
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐ̩⁵¹ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat⁶ bun² jan⁴
    • Yale: yaht bún yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁹ bun² jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed⁶ bun² yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚² puːn³⁵ jɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngi̍t-pún-ngìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngid bun` nginˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngid⁶ bun³ ngin²
    • Sinological IPA: /ɲit̚⁵ pun³¹ ɲin¹¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: nĭk-buōng-nè̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nˡiʔ⁵⁻²¹ puoŋ³³⁻²¹ nˡøyŋ⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: li̍t-pún-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: li̍t-pún-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lidpwnlaang
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /lit̚⁴⁻³² pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lit̚²⁴⁻²² pun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ laŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ji̍t-pún-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: ji̍t-pún-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jidpwnlaang
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ʑit̚⁴⁻³² pun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ʑit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: rig⁸ bung² nang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ji̍k púng nâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /d͡zik̚⁴⁻² puŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ naŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: zeq pen nyin (T5)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /z̻əʔ¹¹ pəɲ²² n̠ʲɪɲ²³/

Noun

日本人

1. Japanese person

Synonyms

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• 㗎仔 (Cantonese, pejorative, ethnic slur)
• 日人 (rìrén) (literary)
• 日本仔 (Philippines, Hokkien, racial slur in Cantonese)

• 東洋人／东洋人 (dōngyángrén) (dated)
• 東瀛人／东瀛人 (dōngyíngrén) (literary)
• 蘿蔔頭 (Cantonese, pejorative, ethnic slur)

Related terms

• (Cantonese) 㗎佬, 㗎妹

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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(にほん) (Nihon, “Japan”) + Sino-Japanese 人(じん) (jin, “person”).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ihõ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑĩɴ]

• On’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ip̚põ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑĩɴ]

Noun

日本人(にほんじん) or 日本人(にっぽんじん) • (nihonjin or 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. Hanja form^? of 일본인 (“a Japanese person”).