倭人

Chinese

		Japanese; dwarf	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (倭人)		倭	人

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wōrén

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄛㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wo¹ jan⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: wōrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄛㄖㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uoren
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wo¹ jan⁴
  - Yale: wō yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wo¹ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: wo¹ yen⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /wɔː⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/

Noun

倭人

(dated, pejorative) a Japanese person (term especially used in ancient China)
dwarf; pygmy

Japanese

Kanji in this term
倭	人
わ Jinmeiyō	じん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Alternative forms

和人

Etymology

From Chinese 倭人.

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) わじん [wàjíń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [ɰᵝa̠ʑĩɴ]

Noun

倭人 (hiragana わじん, rōmaji wajin)

(dated) a Japanese person (term especially used in the ancient China)

References

↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
倭	人

Noun

倭人 • (waein) (hangeul 왜인)

Hanja form^? of 왜인 (“a Japanese person (term especially used in the ancient China)”).

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