藝人

See also: 艺人

Chinese

		skill; art	man; person; people
trad. (藝人)		藝	人
simp. (艺人)		艺	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁶ jan⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): gē-jîn / gē-lîn / gē-lâng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ghoi⁷ ring⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìrén
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴-jên²
    • Yale: yì-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihren
    • Palladius: ижэнь (ižɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngai⁶ jan⁴
    • Yale: ngaih yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁶ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngei⁶ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯²² jɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gē-jîn
    • Tâi-lô: gē-jîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gexjiin
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡe³³⁻²¹ zin²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡe²²⁻²¹ d͡zin¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gē-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: gē-lîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gexliin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡe²²⁻²¹ lin²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡe⁴¹⁻²² lin²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡe³³⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gē-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: gē-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gexlaang
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡe³³⁻²¹ laŋ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡe³³⁻¹¹ laŋ²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ghoi⁷ ring⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: gōi jîng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɡoi¹¹ d͡ziŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

藝人

1. actor; artisan; artist; performer

   街頭藝人／街头艺人  ―  jiētóu yìrén  ―  street performer

   發生了大地震，大陸及港、澳、台三地藝人為了救災共襄盛舉，舉辦了多場演唱會。 [MSC, trad.]
   发生了大地震，大陆及港、澳、台三地艺人为了救灾共襄盛举，举办了多场演唱会。 [MSC, simp.]

   Fāshēng le dà dìzhèn, dàlù jí gǎng, ào, tái sān dì yìrén wèile jiùzāi gòngxiāngshèngjǔ, jǔbàn le duō chǎng yǎnchànghuì. [Pinyin]

   After the major earthquake, artists from the Mainland, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan all worked together to perform several concerts to collect funds for disaster relief.

   • 嘸管落雨天，或是風颱天，阮是跑江湖的藝人 [Hokkien, trad.]
     呒管落雨天，或是风台天，阮是跑江湖的艺人 [Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 1994, New Formosa Band, 鼓聲若響 (Kó͘-siaⁿ Nā Hiáng, "The Drumbeat")

     M̄-koán lo̍h-hō͘-thiⁿ, ia̍h-sī hong-thai-thiⁿ, gún sī cháu kang-ô͘ ê gē-lâng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     No matter it's a raining day, or it's a typhoon day, we're the wandering artists

Derived terms

• 搞笑藝人／搞笑艺人
• 街頭藝人／街头艺人 (jiētóu yìrén)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (藝人):

• → Japanese: 芸(げい)人(にん) (geinin)
• → Korean: 예인(藝人) (yein)
• → Vietnamese: nghệ nhân (藝人)