異人

Chinese

		different; unusual; strange	man; person; people
trad. (異人)		異	人
simp. (异人)		异	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶ jan⁴

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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: ji⁶ jan⁴
    • Yale: yih yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²² jɐn²¹/

Noun

異人

1. (dated) extraordinary person (referring to a supernatural being or an immortal)
2. (literary) another person

Derived terms

• 非異人任 / 非异人任 (fēiyìrénrèn)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
異	人
い Grade: 6	じん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

From 異国人(いこくじん) (ikokujin).

Noun

異(い)人(じん) • (ijin) 

1. foreigner, different person

Synonyms

• 外人(がいじん) (gaijin)
• 外国人(がいこくじん) (gaikokujin)
• 異国人(いこくじん) (ikokujin)
• 異邦人(いほうじん) (ihōjin)