為人

See also: 为人

Chinese

		because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become	man; person; people
trad. (為人/爲人)		為/爲	人
simp. (为人)		为	人
anagram		人為／人为

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wéirén

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁴ jan⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vì-ngìn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ûi-lîn / ûi-jîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wéirén
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wéirén
    • Wade–Giles: wei²-jên²
    • Yale: wéi-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weiren
    • Palladius: вэйжэнь (vɛjžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai⁴ jan⁴
    • Yale: wàih yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁴ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁴ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²¹ jɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vì-ngìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: vi^ˇ ngin^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vi² ngin²
    • Sinological IPA: /vi¹¹ ŋin¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûi-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: uî-lîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uiliin
    • IPA (Taipei): /ui²⁴⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /ui²⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûi-jîn
    • Tâi-lô: uî-jîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uijiin
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui¹³⁻²² d͡zin¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui²³⁻³³ zin²³/

Verb

為人

1. to behave; to conduct oneself

Noun

為人

1. one's character or disposition towards others

   他為人狡猾，我看你還是不要去赴那鴻門宴吧！ [MSC, trad.]
   他为人狡猾，我看你还是不要去赴那鸿门宴吧！ [MSC, simp.]

   Tā wéirén jiǎohuá, wǒ kàn nǐ háishì bùyào qù fù nà hóngményàn ba! [Pinyin]

   He is treacherous, so I think you had better not accept his invitation.

Derived terms

• 為人師表／为人师表 (wéirénshībiǎo)
• 為人處世／为人处世 (wéirénchǔshì)

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wèirén

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁶ jan⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vi-ngìn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ūi-lâng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wèirén
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wèirén
    • Wade–Giles: wei⁴-jên²
    • Yale: wèi-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weyren
    • Palladius: вэйжэнь (vɛjžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai⁶ jan⁴
    • Yale: waih yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁶ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁶ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²² jɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vi-ngìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: vi ngin^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vi⁴ ngin²
    • Sinological IPA: /vi⁵⁵ ŋin¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ūi-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: uī-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uixlaang
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ui²²⁻²¹ laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ui⁴¹⁻²² laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui²²⁻²¹ laŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ui³³⁻¹¹ laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui³³⁻²¹ laŋ²³/

Verb

為人

1. for someone; for others' interest

Japanese

Kanji in this term
為	人
ひととなり
Grade: S	Grade: 1
jukujikun

Alternative spellings
爲人 (kyūjitai) 人となり 性 (obsolete) 天性 (obsolete) 天生 (obsolete) 為性 (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Japanese, first attested in the Nihon Shoki (720 CE).

Originally a compound of 人 (hito, “man, person”) +‎ と (to, combining particle) +‎ 形 (nari, “shape; disposition; character”, in turn from the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 為(な)る (naru, “to become”).).

The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓), borrowed from Chinese 為人／为人.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ひととなり [hìtótónárí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [çito̞to̞na̠ɾʲi]

Noun

為人(ひととなり) • (hitotonari) 

1. personality, character, person

   Synonym: 人柄 (hitogara)

2. nature, temperament

   Synonyms: 天性 (tensei), 本性 (honshō, honsei)

3. (archaic) bodybuild

   Synonyms: 体付き (karada-tsuki), 姿付き (sugata-tsuki), 背恰好 (seikakkō, sekakkō)

Anagrams

• 人(じん)為(い) (jin'i, “human labor, artificiality”)