上人

Chinese

		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (上人)		上	人

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shàngrén

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁶ jan⁴
Min Nan (POJ): siōng-lîn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shàngrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqren
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng⁶ jan⁴
  - Yale: seuhng yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ yen⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²² jɐn²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-lîn
  - Tâi-lô: siōng-lîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioxngliin
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ lin²⁴/

Noun

上人

(literary) someone who is virtuous and wise
(literary) master; leader; monarch
(honorific) monk

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shàngren

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ˙ㄖㄣ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shàngren
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ˙ㄖㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanq.rhen
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ʐən¹/

Noun

上人

(dialectal Mandarin, Wu) elder (parents or grandparents)

Pronunciation 3

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shàngrén

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁵ jan⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shàngrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqren
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng⁵ jan⁴
  - Yale: séuhng yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁵ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁵ yen⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ¹³ jɐn²¹/

Verb

上人

(literary) to transcend someone

Pronunciation 4

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shàngrén

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄖㄣˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shàngrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqren
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: shàngrénr
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄖㄣˊㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqrel
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ʐəɻ³⁵/

Verb

上人

(chiefly Northeastern Mandarin, of restaurants, theatres, etc.) to have customers come in continuously

Japanese

Kanji in this term
上	人
Grade: 1	Grade: 1

Noun

上人 (hiragana うえびと, rōmaji uebito, historical hiragana うへびと)

(archaic) court officials, courtiers

Noun

上人 (hiragana しょうにん, rōmaji shōnin, historical hiragana しやうにん)

a holy man, a priest, a saint

Noun

上人 (hiragana じょうにん, rōmaji jōnin, historical hiragana じやうにん)

an upstanding person
person of high social status

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