巨人

Chinese

		very large; huge; tremendous very large; huge; tremendous; gigantic	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (巨人)		巨	人

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jùrén

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˋ ㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi⁶ jan⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ki-ngìn
Min Nan (POJ): kū-lîn / kǐr-lîn / kī-jîn / kī-lâng / kū-lâng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jùrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˋ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiwren
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: geoi⁶ jan⁴
  - Yale: geuih yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: goey⁶ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: gêu⁶ yen⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /kɵy̯²² jɐn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ki-ngìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: gi nginˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gi⁴ ngin²
  - IPA: /ki⁵⁵ ɲin¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kū-lîn
  - Tâi-lô: kū-lîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kuxliin
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ku²²⁻²¹ lin²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kǐr-lîn
  - Tâi-lô: kǐr-lîn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɯ²² lin²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kī-jîn
  - Tâi-lô: kī-jîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kixjiin
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki²²⁻²¹ d͡ʑin¹³/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kī-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: kī-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kixlaang
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki³³⁻²¹ laŋ²³/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kū-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: kū-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kuxlaang
  - IPA (Taipei): /ku³³⁻¹¹ laŋ²⁴/

Noun

巨人

giant

Derived terms

女巨人 (“giantess”)
巨人族
巨人柱 (jùrénzhù)

巨人症
泥足巨人

Japanese

Kanji in this term
巨	人
きょ Grade: S	じん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology 1

巨 (kyo, “giant”) +‎ 人 (jin, “man”)

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Kan’on
- (Tokyo) きょじん [kyòjíń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [kʲo̞ʑĩɴ]

Noun

巨人 (hiragana きょじん, rōmaji kyojin)

a giant
進撃 (しんげき)の巨 (きょ)人 (じん)
Shingeki no Kyojin
Attack on Titan
(literally, “Advancing Giants”)
a mythical giant
a very tall person
a great person

Antonyms

矮人 (わいじん) (waijin, “dwarf”)

Etymology 2

Originally an abbreviation for 東京巨人軍 (とうきょうきょじんぐん, Tōkyō Kyojin-gun), which is now the Yomiuri Giants.

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Kan’on
- (Tokyo) きょじん [kyóꜜjìǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
- IPA^(key): [kʲo̞ʑĩɴ]

Proper noun

巨人 (hiragana きょじん, rōmaji Kyojin)

(baseball) the Yomiuri Giants, a baseball team in Japan

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
巨	人

Noun

巨人 • (geoin) (hangeul 거인)

Hanja form^? of 거인 (“giant”).

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