地球人

Chinese

		the Earth	man; person; people
trad. (地球人)		地球	人
simp. ^#(地球人)		地球	人

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dìqiúrén

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dei⁶ kau⁴ jan⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dìqiúrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dìcióurén
  - Wade–Giles: ti⁴-chʻiu²-jên²
  - Yale: dì-chyóu-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dihchyouren
  - Palladius: дицюжэнь (dicjužɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʐən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dei⁶ kau⁴ jan⁴
  - Yale: deih kàuh yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dei⁶ kau⁴ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: déi⁶ keo⁴ yen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tei̯²² kʰɐu̯²¹ jɐn²¹/

Noun

地球人

(science fiction) Earthling; Terran (inhabitant of Earth)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (地球人):

→ Japanese: 地(ち)球(きゅう)人(じん) (chikyūjin)
→ Korean: 지구인(地球人) (jigu'in)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
地	球	人
ち Grade: 2	きゅう Grade: 3	じん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

地球 (Chikyū, “Earth”) +‎ 人 (-jin, “human”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [t͡ɕikʲɨːʑĩɴ]

Noun

地(ち)球(きゅう)人(じん) • (chikyūjin)

(science fiction) an Earthling; a Terran (inhabitant of Earth)
- 1988 July 30 [1985 July 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, “宇(そ)宙(ら)からのおとし玉(だま) [An Outta-the-Ballue Falltune]”, in 宇宙船製造法 [How to Build a Spaceship] (藤子不二雄少年SF短編集; 3), 6th edition, volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 27:
  
  地(ち)球(きゅう)人(じん)は自(じ)分(ぶん)勝(かっ)手(て)すぎるんだ！だから、いつまでも宇(う)宙(ちゅう)で孤(こ)立(りつ)してるんだ。
  Chikyūjin wa jibun katte sugiru n da! Dakara, itsu made mo uchū de koritsu shiteru n da.
  You Earthlings are so selfish! No wonder you’re so isolated in the universe.

Korean

Hanja in this term
地	球	人

Noun

地球人 • (jigu'in) (hangeul 지구인)

hanja form^? of 지구인 (“Earthling, Terran”)