植物人

Chinese

		plant; vegetation; flora plant; vegetation; flora; vegetative	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (植物人)		植物	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhíwùrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˊ ㄨˋ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zik⁶ mat⁶ jan⁴
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): sêg⁴ muêh⁸ nang⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhíwùrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˊ ㄨˋ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhíhwùrén
    • Wade–Giles: chih²-wu⁴-jên²
    • Yale: jŕ-wù-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyrwuhren
    • Palladius: чжиужэнь (čžiužɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ u⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhíwùrénr
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˊ ㄨˋ ㄖㄣˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhíhwùrénr
    • Wade–Giles: chih²-wu⁴-jên²-ʼrh
    • Yale: jŕ-wù-rénr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyrwuhrel
    • Palladius: чжиужэньр (čžiužɛnʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ u⁵¹ ʐəɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zik⁶ mat⁶ jan⁴
    • Yale: jihk maht yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁹ mat⁹ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: jig⁶ med⁶ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚² mɐt̚² jɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sêg⁴ muêh⁸ nang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sek mue̍h nâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sek̚²⁻⁴ mueʔ⁴⁻² naŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

植物人

1. (medicine) person in a vegetative state; human vegetable; cabbage

Synonyms

• 木頭人／木头人 (mùtourén) (Thailand)