恩人

Chinese

		kind act (from above)	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (恩人)		恩	人

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ēnrén

(Zhuyin): ㄣㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jan¹ jan⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ên-ngìn
Min Nan (POJ): un-lîn / un-jîn / in-jîn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: ēnrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄣㄖㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: enren
  - IPA ^(key): /ˀən⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jan¹ jan⁴
  - Yale: yān yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jan¹ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yen¹ yen⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐn⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ên-ngìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: en´ nginˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: en¹ ngin²
  - IPA: /en²⁴ ɲin¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: un-lîn
  - Tâi-lô: un-lîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: unliin
  - IPA (Xiamen): /un⁴⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /un⁴⁴⁻³³ lin²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /un³³ lin²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: un-jîn
  - Tâi-lô: un-jîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: unjiin
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /un⁴⁴⁻³³ ʑin²³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: in-jîn
  - Tâi-lô: in-jîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: injiin
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /in⁴⁴⁻²² d͡ʑin¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /in⁴⁴⁻³³ ʑin²³/

Noun

恩人

benefactor; patron

Derived terms

一斗米養個恩人，一石米養個仇人／一斗米养个恩人，一石米养个仇人
大恩人

救命恩人
翻把恩人當仇人／翻把恩人当仇人

Japanese

Kanji in this term
恩	人
おん Grade: 5	じん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

恩人 (hiragana おんじん, rōmaji onjin)

benefactor (on who gives gifts or help)
- 1954, 坂口安吾, 曾我の暴れん坊:
  その大 (おお)きい立 (りっ)派 (ぱ)なお方 (かた)は命 (いのち)の恩 (おん)人 (じん)。
  Sono ōkii rippa na o-kata wa inochi no onjin.
  That splendid gentleman saved my life.

Korean

Hanja in this term
恩	人

Noun

恩人 • (eunin) (hangeul 은인)

Hanja form^? of 은인 (“benefactor”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
恩	人

Noun

恩人

Hán tự form of ân nhân, “benefactor”

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