人物

Chinese

		man; person; people	thing; object; matter
simp. and trad. (人物)		人	物

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rénwù

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ mat^6-2
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngìn-vu̍t
Min Nan (POJ): jîn-bu̍t / lîn-bu̍t

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: rénwù
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renwuh
  - IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ u⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jan⁴ mat^6-2
  - Yale: yàhn mát
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ mat^9-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ med²
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ mɐt̚²⁻³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngìn-vu̍t
  - Hakka Romanization System: nginˇ vud
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngin² vud⁶
  - IPA: /ɲin¹¹ vut̚⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jîn-bu̍t
  - Tâi-lô: jîn-bu̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jinbut
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ʑin¹³⁻²² but̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ʑin²³⁻³³ but̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-bu̍t
  - Tâi-lô: lîn-bu̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: linbut
  - IPA (Taipei): /lin²⁴⁻¹¹ but̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lin²⁴⁻²² but̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lin²⁴⁻²² but̚⁴/

Noun

人物

figure; personage

歷史人物 / 历史人物 ― lìshǐ rénwù ― historical figure

神秘人物 ― shénmì rénwù ― mysterious figure
character (in a story)
personnel

內部人物 / 内部人物 ― nèibù rénwù ― internal personnel
figure painting; portrait

Derived terms

公眾人物／公众人物 (gōngzhòng rénwù)
反面人物 (fǎnmiàn rénwù)

大人物 (dàrénwù)
小人物 (xiǎorénwù)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
人	物
じん Grade: 1	ぶつ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) じんぶつ [jíꜜǹbùtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])
- IPA^(key): [d͡ʑĩmbɯ̟ᵝt͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

人物 (hiragana じんぶつ, rōmaji jinbutsu)

person, figure, personage
someone's character

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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