日本人

Chinese

		the sun's origin; where the sun originates	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
• Min Nan (POJ): li̍t-pún-lâng / ji̍t-pún-lâng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: rìběnrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄖˋ 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
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed⁶ bun² yen⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚² puːn³⁵ jɐn²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: li̍t-pún-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: li̍t-pún-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lidpwnlaang
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lit̚⁴⁻²¹ pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lit̚²⁴⁻²² pun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lit̚⁴⁻³² pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ji̍t-pún-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: ji̍t-pún-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jidpwnlaang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ʑit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ʑit̚⁴⁻³² pun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²³/

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, rōmaji nihonjin, alternative reading にっぽんじん, rōmaji 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”.