整人

Chinese

		exactly; in good order; whole exactly; in good order; whole; complete; entire; in order; orderly	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (整人)		整	人

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhěngrén

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˇ ㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zing² jan⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhěngrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˇ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhěngrén
  - Wade–Giles: chêng³-jên²
  - Yale: jěng-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeengren
  - Palladius: чжэнжэнь (čžɛnžɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zing² jan⁴
  - Yale: jíng yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzing² jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: jing² yen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ³⁵ jɐn²¹/

Verb

整人

(colloquial) to give someone a hard time; to play a trick or prank on someone