怪人

Chinese

		queer; to blame	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (怪人)		怪	人

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guàirén

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄞˋ ㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaai³ jan⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): koài-jîn / koài-lîn

(Teochew, Peng'im): guai³ nang⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guàirén
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄞˋ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guàirén
  - Wade–Giles: kuai⁴-jên²
  - Yale: gwài-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guayren
  - Palladius: гуайжэнь (guajžɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwaai³ jan⁴
  - Yale: gwaai yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwaai³ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: guai³ yen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaːi̯³³ jɐn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koài-jîn
  - Tâi-lô: kuài-jîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koaejiin
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuai²¹⁻⁵³ d͡zin¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuai²¹⁻⁴¹ zin²³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koài-lîn
  - Tâi-lô: kuài-lîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koaeliin
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kuai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lin²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kuai²¹⁻⁵³ lin²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kuai¹¹⁻⁵³ lin²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: guai³ nang⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuài nâng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuai²¹³⁻⁵⁵ naŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

怪人

eccentric individual; strange person; odd man

Synonyms

(literary) 奇人 (qírén)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
怪	人
かい Grade: S	じん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かいじん [kàíjíń] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ka̠iʑĩɴ]

Noun

怪(かい)人(じん) • (kaijin) ^{←くわいじん (kwaizin)^?}

(literal) strange or mysterious person
(science fiction) distorted human being or humanoid creature, such as a freak or a mutant
1. (specifically, tokusatsu) a supervillain, often being biologically- or genetically-modified by the antagonist camp

See also

怪獣(かいじゅう) (kaijū)