新人類

Chinese

		new; newly; meso- (chem.)	humanity; humans; humankind humanity; humans; humankind; the human race; hominid
trad. (新人類)		新	人類
simp. (新人类)		新	人类

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xīnrénlèi

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣㄖㄣˊ ㄌㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ jan⁴ leoi⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xīnrénlèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣㄖㄣˊ ㄌㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sinrénlèi
  - Wade–Giles: hsin¹-jên²-lei⁴
  - Yale: syīn-rén-lèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinrenley
  - Palladius: синьжэньлэй (sinʹžɛnʹlɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵ leɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: san¹ jan⁴ leoi⁶
  - Yale: sān yàhn leuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ jan⁴ loey⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ yen⁴ lêu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ jɐn²¹ lɵy̯²²/

Noun

新人類

the new generation (originally referring to those born in the 1960s); people who are not bound by traditions

See also

新新人類／新新人类 (xīnxīnrénlèi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
新	人	類
しん Grade: 2	じん Grade: 1	るい Grade: 4
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 新 (shin-, “new”) +‎ 人類 (jinrui, “human race”). Coined by Shinichiro Kurimoto in the late 1970s.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しんじんるい [shìńjíꜜǹrùì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕĩɲ̟d͡ʑĩn̺ɾɯ̟i]

Noun

新(しん)人(じん)類(るい) • (shinjinrui)

new generation, which has different sensibilities and values

References

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