役人

Chinese

		service	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (役人)		役	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jik⁶ jan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìrén
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴-jên²
    • Yale: yì-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihren
    • Palladius: ижэнь (ižɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jik⁶ jan⁴
    • Yale: yihk yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jik⁹ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yig⁶ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪk̚² jɐn²¹/

Noun

役人

1. (literary) servant; corvee

Verb

役人

1. (literary) to put someone to work

Japanese

Kanji in this term
役	人
やく Grade: 3	にん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) やくにん [yàkúníń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ja̠kɯ̟ᵝɲ̟ĩɴ]

Noun

役(やく)人(にん) • (yakunin) 

1. official, civil servant, public servant, officer

Synonyms

• 公務員(こうむいん) (kōmuin)
• 官(つかさ) (tsukasa)