奇人

Chinese

		strange; odd; weird strange; odd; weird; wonderful; odd (Num)	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (奇人)		奇	人

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qírén

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ ㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kei⁴ jan⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qírén
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: círén
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi²-jên²
  - Yale: chí-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyiren
  - Palladius: цижэнь (cižɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ʐən³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kei⁴ jan⁴
  - Yale: kèih yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kei⁴ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: kéi⁴ yen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯²¹ jɐn²¹/

Noun

奇人

(literary) rare talent
(literary) eccentric individual; strange person; odd man

Synonyms

(rare talent): 奇才 (qícái)
(eccentric individual): 怪人 (guàirén)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
奇	人
き Grade: S	じん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Alternative forms

畸人

Etymology

Likely from Middle Chinese compound 奇人 (MC gje nyin). Compare modern Chinese 奇人 (qírén).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) きじん [kìjíń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [kʲiʑĩɴ]

Noun

奇(き)人(じん) • (kijin)

an eccentric, a strange or unusual person, someone who is quite a character

Synonyms

変人(へんじん) (henjin)
変(か)わり者(もの) (kawarimono)

See also

奇人 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN