古人

Chinese

		ancient; old	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (古人)		古	人

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gǔrén

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gu² jan⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kú-ngìn
Min Nan (POJ): kó͘-lîn / kó͘-jîn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: gǔrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guuren
  - IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʐən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gu² jan⁴
  - Yale: gú yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gu² jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: gu² yen⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /kuː³⁵ jɐn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kú-ngìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: gu` nginˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gu³ ngin²
  - IPA: /ku³¹ ɲin¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó͘-lîn
  - Tâi-lô: kóo-lîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kofliin
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lin²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lin²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó͘-jîn
  - Tâi-lô: kóo-jîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kofjiin
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡ʑin¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ʑin²³/

Noun

古人

the ancients; people from ancient times

古人云 ― gǔrén yún ― as the old saying goes
someone who has passed away
early man; Homo sapiens

Japanese

Kanji in this term
古	人
こ Grade: 2	じん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

古人 (hiragana こじん, rōmaji kojin)

a person from long ago

Kanji in this term
古	人
ふる Grade: 2	ひと Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Noun

古人 (hiragana ふるひと, rōmaji furuhito)

a person from long ago
old person

Kanji in this term
古	人
ふる Grade: 2	ひと > びと Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Noun

古人 (hiragana ふるびと, rōmaji furubito)

a person from long ago
old person

Noun

古人 (hiragana いにしえびと, rōmaji inishiebito, historical hiragana いにしへびと)

old acquaintance

See also

旧人

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