華人

See also: 华人

Chinese

		flowery; flourishing; magnificent flowery; flourishing; magnificent; your; grey; corona; time; essence; China; Chinese; name of a mountain	man; person; people
trad. (華人)		華	人
simp. (华人)		华	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): Huárén

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄖㄣˊ

  (Chengdu, SP): Hua² ren²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waa⁴ jan⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Fà-ngìn
• Min Dong (BUC): Huà-ìng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): Hôa-lîn / Hôa-jîn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hua⁵ ring⁵

• Wu (Wiktionary): hho nyin (T3)
• Xiang (Wiktionary): fa² ren²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Huárén
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Hwaren
    • IPA ^(key): /xu̯a̠³⁵ ʐən³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: Hua² ren²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: Xuarhen
    • IPA ^(key): /xua²¹ zən²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: waa⁴ jan⁴
    • Yale: wàh yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waa⁴ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wa⁴ yen⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /wɑː²¹ jɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Fà-ngìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: faˇ nginˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fa² ngin²
    • IPA: /fa¹¹ ɲin¹¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Huà-ìng
    • IPA ^(key): /hua⁵³⁻³³ iŋ⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hôa-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: Huâ-lîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoaliin
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /hua²⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hua²⁴⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hôa-jîn
    • Tâi-lô: Huâ-jîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoajiin
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hua²³⁻³³ ʑin²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hua¹³⁻²² d͡ʑin¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hua⁵ ring⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huâ jîng
    • IPA ^(key): /hua⁵⁵⁻¹¹ d͡ziŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: hho nyin (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /ɦo²² n̠ʲɪɲ⁴⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: fa² ren²
    • IPA ^(key): /ɸa̠¹³ ʐən¹³/

Noun

華人

1. ethnic Chinese people (usually indicating those traveling or living outside of China)

   • 刊行以來，這本書在港、臺及世界各地的華人中始終擁有廣大的讀者群。 [MSC, trad.]
     刊行以来，这本书在港、台及世界各地的华人中始终拥有广大的读者群。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1965: Pai Hsien-yung, Taipei People, Editor's Preface

     Kānxíng yǐlái, zhè běn shū zài Gǎng, Tái jí shìjiè gè dì de huárén zhōng shǐzhōng yōngyǒu guǎngdà de dúzhěqún. [Pinyin]

     Since publication, this book has acquired a large readership in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Chinese communities the world over.

Synonyms

• 唐人 (tángrén)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
華	人
か Grade: S	じん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

華 (“China”) +‎ 人 (“person”)

Noun

華人 (hiragana かじん, rōmaji kajin)

1. Chinese people