情人

Chinese

		feeling; emotion; passion feeling; emotion; passion; situation	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (情人)		情	人
anagram		人情

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qíngrén

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cing⁴ jan⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhìn-ngìn
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): chêng-lîn / chêng-jîn

(Teochew, Peng'im): cêng⁵ nang⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: qíngrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyngren
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵ ʐən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cing⁴ jan⁴
  - Yale: chìhng yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsing⁴ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: qing⁴ yen⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ²¹ jɐn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhìn-ngìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: qinˇ nginˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: qin² ngin²
  - IPA: /t͡ɕʰin¹¹ ɲin¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chêng-lîn
  - Tâi-lô: tsîng-lîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zengliin
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chêng-jîn
  - Tâi-lô: tsîng-jîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zengjiin
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɪŋ²³⁻³³ ʑin²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ¹³⁻²² d͡ʑin¹³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cêng⁵ nang⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshêng nâng
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰeŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ naŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

情人

lover; sweetheart

Usage notes

In China mainland, 情人 (“lover”) usually refers to a partner in an extramarital relationship except in 情人節／情人节 (Qíngrénjié, “Valentine's Day”). For a person who loves, 愛人／爱人 (àirén, “lover”) is popular among elder people, while 戀人／恋人 (liànrén, “lover”) is popular among young people.

Derived terms

初戀情人／初恋情人 (chūliàn qíngrén)
情人果
情人眼裡出西施／情人眼里出西施 (qíngrén yǎnlǐ chū Xīshī)

情人眼裡有西施／情人眼里有西施
情人節／情人节 (Qíngrénjié, “Saint Valentine's Day”)

See also

戀人／恋人 (liànrén, “lover”)
愛人／爱人 (àirén, “lover”)
性伴侶／性伴侣 (xìngbànlǚ, “sexual partner”)
情侶／情侣 (qínglǚ, “unmarried couple”)
人情 (rénqíng)

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