火星人

Chinese

		Mars; to be outdated and unaware; to not know something that everyone else knows	man; person; people
trad. (火星人)		火星	人
simp. ^#(火星人)		火星	人

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 火(か)星(せい)人(じん) (kaseijin).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huǒxīngrén

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄒㄧㄥㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fo² sing¹ jan⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huǒxīngrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄒㄧㄥㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huǒsingrén
  - Wade–Giles: huo³-hsing¹-jên²
  - Yale: hwǒ-syīng-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huooshingren
  - Palladius: хосинжэнь (xosinžɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fo² sing¹ jan⁴
  - Yale: fó sīng yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fo² sing¹ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: fo² xing¹ yen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔː³⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/

Noun

火星人

(science fiction) Martian (inhabitant of Mars)
(figurative, slang, derogatory) one out of touch with reality or with the latest news and trends

Japanese

Kanji in this term
火	星	人
か Grade: 1	せい Grade: 2	じん Grade: 1
kan'on

Etymology

火星 (Kasei, “Mars”) +‎ 人 (-jin, “human”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かせーじん [kàséꜜèjìǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])
IPA^(key): [ka̠se̞ːʑĩɴ]

Noun

火(か)星(せい)人(じん) • (kaseijin)

(science fiction) a Martian (inhabitant of Mars)