善人

Chinese

		good	man; person; people
trad. (善人)		善	人
simp. #(善人)		善	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shànrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢˋ ㄖㄣˊ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siān-lîn / siān-jîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shànrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢˋ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shànrén
    • Wade–Giles: shan⁴-jên²
    • Yale: shàn-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shannren
    • Palladius: шаньжэнь (šanʹžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siān-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: siān-lîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siexnliin
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɛn³³⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɛn²²⁻²¹ lin²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn⁴¹⁻²² lin²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siān-jîn
    • Tâi-lô: siān-jîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siexnjiin
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɛn²²⁻²¹ d͡zin¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɛn³³⁻²¹ zin²³/

Noun

善人

1. philanthropist; charitable person; well-doer

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (善人):

• → Japanese: 善人(ぜんにん) (zennin)
• → Korean: 선인(善人) (seonin)
• → Vietnamese: thiện nhân (善人)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
善	人
ぜん Grade: 6	にん Grade: 1
goon

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぜんに​ん [zèńníꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
• (Tokyo) ぜんにん [zèńníń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [d͡zẽ̞ɲ̟ɲ̟ĩɴ]

Noun

善(ぜん)人(にん) • (zennin) 

1. good person; virtuous person
2. good-natured person

Antonyms

• 悪人(あくにん) (akunin)