人肉

Chinese

		man; person; people	meat; flesh
simp. and trad. (人肉)		人	肉

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rénròu

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄖㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ juk⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rénròu
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄖㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rénròu
  - Wade–Giles: jên²-jou⁴
  - Yale: rén-ròu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renrow
  - Palladius: жэньжоу (žɛnʹžou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ ʐoʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jan⁴ juk⁶
  - Yale: yàhn yuhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ juk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ yug⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ jʊk̚²/

Noun

人肉

human flesh; human meat
(neologism) human flesh search engine
(Cantonese, attributive) human-
人肉錄音機／人肉录音机 [Cantonese] ― jan⁴ juk⁶ luk⁶ jam¹ gei¹ [Jyutping] ― one who only repeats what had been said, like a tape recorder (literally, “human tape recorder”)

Verb

人肉

(Mainland China) short for 人肉搜索 (rénròu sōusuǒ)

Derived terms

人肉市場 / 人肉市场 (rénròu shìchǎng)
人肉搜索 (rénròu sōusuǒ)
人肉搜索引擎 (rénròu sōusuǒ yǐnqíng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
人	肉
にん Grade: 1	にく Grade: 2
on'yomi

Kanji in this term
人	肉
じん Grade: 1	にく Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

人(じん)肉(にく) or 人(にん)肉(にく) • (jinniku or ninniku)

human meat

Usage notes

More commonly used in reference to cannibalism.