無人

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See also: 无人

Chinese

not have man; person; people
trad. (無人)
simp. (无人)

Pronunciation


Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 無人

  1. (attributive) devoid of people
    吻別無人 [MSC, trad.]
    吻别无人 [MSC, simp.]
    From: 1993, (deprecated template usage) 張學友 (lyricist (deprecated template usage) 何啟弘), (deprecated template usage) 吻別
    wǒ hé nǐ wěnbié zài wúrén de jiē [Pinyin]
    And so I kiss you goodbye in an empty street
  2. (attributive) depopulated
  3. (attributive) unmanned; self-service

Verb

無人

  1. (literary) there is nobody; to lack someone
  2. (literary) there is a lack of talent

Derived terms

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
にん
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Adjectival noun

()(にん) (bunin-na (adnominal ()(にん) (bunin na), adverbial ()(にん) (bunin ni))

  1. shorthanded, lack of help
    • 1920-1935, Shūsei Tokuda, 闇の花 (p. 134, in 徳田秋聲全集):
      「この(なつ)はどこへもいらっしゃらなかったんですか」「え、(いえ)無人(ぶにん)なものですから」
      “kono natsu wa doko e mo irasshara nakattan desu ka” “e, ie ga bunin na mono desu kara”
      Didn't you travel anywhere this summer? — Certainly, since our household is shorthanded.
  2. uninhabited, unmanned
Inflection
Derived terms

Noun

()(にん) (bunin

  1. being shorthanded
  2. being uninhabited

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
じん
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Adjectival noun

()(じん) (mujin-na (adnominal ()(じん) (mujin na), adverbial ()(じん) (mujin ni))

  1. Same as above.
Derived terms
Inflection

Noun

()(じん) (mujin

  1. Same as above.

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
にん
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Adjectival noun

()(にん) (munin-na (adnominal ()(にん) (munin na), adverbial ()(にん) (munin ni))

  1. Same as above.
Inflection

Noun

()(にん) (munin

  1. Same as above.