西洋人

Chinese

		Western world; the West; Western Seas	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (西洋人)		西洋	人

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xīyángrén

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄧㄤˊ ㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ joeng⁴ jan⁴
Min Nan (POJ): se-iûⁿ-lâng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xīyángrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄧㄤˊ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiyangren
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ i̯ɑŋ³⁵ ʐən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sai¹ joeng⁴ jan⁴
  - Yale: sāi yèuhng yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ joeng⁴ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ yêng⁴ yen⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ jœːŋ²¹ jɐn²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se-iûⁿ-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: se-iûnn-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: se'viulaang
  - IPA (Xiamen): /se⁴⁴⁻²² iũ²⁴⁻²² laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /se³³ iũ²⁴⁻²² laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /se⁴⁴⁻²² iũ¹³⁻²² laŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ iũ²⁴⁻¹¹ laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ iũ²³⁻³³ laŋ²³/

Noun

西洋人

Westerner

Japanese

Kanji in this term
西	洋	人
せい Grade: 2	よう Grade: 3	じん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

From 西洋 (seiyō, “the West”) +‎ 人 (jin, “person”)

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) せーよーじん [sèéyóꜜòjìǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [se̞ːjo̞ːʑĩɴ]

Noun

西洋人 (hiragana せいようじん, rōmaji seiyōjin)

Westerner

Antonyms

東 (とう)洋 (よう)人 (じん) (tōyōjin)

References

↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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