達人

See also: 达人

Chinese

		attain; pass through; achieve attain; pass through; achieve; reach; realize; clear; inform; notify; dignity	man; person; people
trad. (達人)		達	人
simp. (达人)		达	人

Etymology

The modern usage for the sense of "expert" or "master" is re-popularized due to Japanese influence.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dárén

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˊ ㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daat⁶ jan⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dárén
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˊ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dárén
  - Wade–Giles: ta²-jên²
  - Yale: dá-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: darren
  - Palladius: дажэнь (dažɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä³⁵ ʐən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daat⁶ jan⁴
  - Yale: daaht yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daat⁹ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: dad⁶ yen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːt̚² jɐn²¹/

Noun

達人

expert; master; talent; geek
(literary) wise man; open-minded person
- 達人大觀，物亡不可。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
  达人大观，物亡不可。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
  From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE
  Dárén dàguān, wù wú bùkě. [Pinyin]
  An open-minded person has broad sight. There is nothing not permissible to him.
- 古之達人，高人一層，只是他情有所寄，不肯浮泛虛度光景。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  古之达人，高人一层，只是他情有所寄，不肯浮泛虚度光景。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: 1596, 袁宏道,《致李子髯》, translated by Jonathan Chaves, 1978.
  Gǔ zhī dárén, gāorén yīcéng, zhǐshì tā qíng yǒusuǒ jì, bùkěn fúfàn xūdù guāngjǐng. [Pinyin]
  If the wise men of the past were a cut above ordinary people, it was simply because they had means for expressing their feelings; they weren't willing to go floating aimlessly through life.

Synonyms

(expert):

內行 / 内行 (nèiháng)
內行人 / 内行人 (nèihángrén)
名家 (míngjiā)
大家
大方 (dàfāng) (literary)
大神 (dàshén) (Internet slang)
好手 (hǎoshǒu)
專家 / 专家 (zhuānjiā)
專才 / 专才 (zhuāncái)
專業人員 / 专业人员 (zhuānyè rényuán)
專業人才 / 专业人才 (zhuānyè réncái)
專業戶 / 专业户 (zhuānyèhù) (figurative)
專門 / 专门 (zhuānmén)
專門家 / 专门家 (zhuānménjiā)
強手 / 强手 (qiángshǒu)
懸手 / 悬手 (Hokkien)
把式 (bǎshì)
方家 (fāngjiā) (literary)
能手 (néngshǒu)
行家 (hángjiā)
行家裡手 / 行家里手 (hángjiā lǐshǒu)
裡手 / 里手 (lǐshǒu)
通家 (tōngjiā) (literary)
高手 (gāoshǒu)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “expert”):

外行 (wàiháng)
外行人 (wàihángrén)
棒槌 (bàngchuí) (figurative)
行外人 (hángwàirén)
門外漢 / 门外汉 (ménwàihàn)

Derived terms

達人知命 / 达人知命
達人秀 / 达人秀

Japanese

Kanji in this term
達	人
たつ Grade: 4	じん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) たつじん [tàtsújíń] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ta̠t͡sɨʑĩɴ]

Noun

達(たつ)人(じん) • (tatsujin)

a master; an expert
- 1997 August 9, Ryu Fujisaki, “九(く)竜(りゅう)島(とう)の四(し)聖(せい)③ ―飲(の)みまくり大(たい)会(かい)― [Four Sages of Nine Dragon Island ③ ―Binge Drinking Tournament―]”, in 封(ほう)神(しん)演(えん)義(ぎ) [Investiture of the Gods], volume 5 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 95:
  
  御(ご)主(しゅ)人(じん)は泥(でい)酔(すい)拳(けん)の達(たつ)人(じん)っスよ‼
  Goshujin wa deisuiken no tatsujinssu yo‼
  Master is a blind drunken fist expert‼

Korean

Hanja in this term
達	人

Noun

達人 • (darin) (hangeul 달인)

hanja form^? of 달인 (“expert”)