異人

Chinese

		different; unusual; strange	man; person; people
trad. (異人)		異	人
simp. (异人)		异	人

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yìrén

(Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶ jan⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yìrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yìrén
  - Wade–Giles: i⁴-jên²
  - Yale: yì-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihren
  - Palladius: ижэнь (ižɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji⁶ jan⁴
  - Yale: yih yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶ yen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²² jɐn²¹/

Noun

異人

(dated) extraordinary person (referring to a supernatural being or an immortal)
(literary) another person

Derived terms

非異人任 / 非异人任 (fēiyìrénrèn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
異	人
い Grade: 6	じん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

From 異国人(いこくじん) (ikokujin).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いじん [ìjíń] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [iʑĩɴ]

Noun

異(い)人(じん) • (ijin)

foreigner, different person

Synonyms