朝鮮人

See also: 朝鲜人

Chinese

		Gojoseon	man; person; people
trad. (朝鮮人)		朝鮮	人
simp. (朝鲜人)		朝鲜	人

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): cháoxiǎnrén, cháoxiānrén, zhāoxiānrén

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄠˊ ㄒㄧㄢˇ ㄖㄣˊ, ㄔㄠˊ ㄒㄧㄢㄖㄣˊ, ㄓㄠㄒㄧㄢㄖㄣˊ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): чощянжын (čoxi͡anřɨn, I-II-I)
Cantonese (Jyutping): ciu⁴ sin¹ jan⁴ / ziu¹ sin¹ jan⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cháoxiǎnrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄠˊ ㄒㄧㄢˇ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cháosiǎnrén
  - Wade–Giles: chʻao²-hsien³-jên²
  - Yale: cháu-syǎn-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chaursheanren
  - Palladius: чаосяньжэнь (čaosjanʹžɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cháoxiānrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄠˊ ㄒㄧㄢㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cháosianrén
  - Wade–Giles: chʻao²-hsien¹-jên²
  - Yale: cháu-syān-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chaurshianren
  - Palladius: чаосяньжэнь (čaosjanʹžɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhāoxiānrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄠㄒㄧㄢㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhaosianrén
  - Wade–Giles: chao¹-hsien¹-jên²
  - Yale: jāu-syān-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaushianren
  - Palladius: чжаосяньжэнь (čžaosjanʹžɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: чощянжын (čoxi͡anřɨn, I-II-I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɔ²⁴ ɕiæ̃⁵¹ ʐəŋ²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ciu⁴ sin¹ jan⁴ / ziu¹ sin¹ jan⁴
  - Yale: chìuh sīn yàhn / jīu sīn yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsiu⁴ sin¹ jan⁴ / dziu¹ sin¹ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: qiu⁴ xin¹ yen⁴ / jiu¹ xin¹ yen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːu̯²¹ siːn⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/, /t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ siːn⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/

Noun

朝鮮人

(north) Korean (person)

Synonyms

韓國人／韩国人 (hánguórén)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
朝	鮮	人
ちょう Grade: 2	せん Grade: S	じん Grade: 1
on'yomi		kan'on

Etymology

Compound of 朝鮮 (Chōsen, “the Korean peninsula; North Korea”) +‎ 人 (-jin, “person, person from a particular country”).^[1]

First cited to a text from 1635.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ちょーせんじん [chòóséńjíꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [5])
IPA^(key): [t͡ɕo̞ːsẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑĩɴ]

Noun

朝(ちょう)鮮(せん)人(じん) • (chōsenjin)

a Korean (person)
(more specifically) a North Korean (person)

Usage notes

Has a strong derogatory connotation when used to refer to South Koreans in particular.

Synonyms

韓国人(かんこくじん) (kankokujin) (esp. someone from South Korea)
韓人(かんじん) (kanjin)
鮮人(せんじん) (senjin)

Descendants

→ Korean: 조센징 (josenjing)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
朝	鮮	人

Noun

朝鮮人 • (joseonin) (hangeul 조선인)

hanja form^? of 조선인 (“(North Korea) a Korean (person)”)

[KDJ-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

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