朝鮮人

See also: 朝鲜人

Chinese

		Korea	man; person; people
trad. (朝鮮人)		朝鮮	人
simp. (朝鲜人)		朝鲜	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): cháoxiǎnrén, cháoxiānrén, zhāoxiānrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄠˊ ㄒㄧㄢˇ ㄖㄣˊ, ㄔㄠˊ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄖㄣˊ, ㄓㄠ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄖㄣˊ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): чощянжын (čoxi͡anřɨn, I-II-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ciu⁴ sin¹ jan⁴, ziu¹ sin¹ jan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cháoxiǎnrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄠˊ ㄒㄧㄢˇ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cháosiǎnrén
    • Wade–Giles: chʻao²-hsien³-jên²
    • Yale: cháu-syǎn-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chaursheanren
    • Palladius: чаосяньжэнь (čaosjanʹžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cháoxiānrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄠˊ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cháosianrén
    • Wade–Giles: chʻao²-hsien¹-jên²
    • Yale: cháu-syān-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chaurshianren
    • Palladius: чаосяньжэнь (čaosjanʹžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhāoxiānrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄠ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhaosianrén
    • Wade–Giles: chao¹-hsien¹-jên²
    • Yale: jāu-syān-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaushianren
    • Palladius: чжаосяньжэнь (čžaosjanʹžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: чощянжын (čoxi͡anřɨn, I-II-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɔ²⁴ ɕiæ̃⁵¹ ʐəŋ²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ciu⁴ sin¹ jan⁴, ziu¹ sin¹ jan⁴
    • Yale: chìuh sīn yàhn, jīu sīn yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsiu⁴ sin¹ jan⁴, dziu¹ sin¹ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qiu⁴ xin¹ yen⁴, jiu¹ xin¹ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːu̯²¹ siːn⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/, /t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ siːn⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/

Noun

朝鮮人

1. Korean (person)

Synonyms

• 韓國人／韩国人 (hánguórén)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
朝	鮮	人
ちょう Grade: 2	せん Grade: S	じん Grade: 1
on’yomi		kan’on

Etymology

Compound of 朝鮮 (Chōsen, “the Korean peninsula; North Korea”) +‎ 人 (-jin, “person, person from a particular country”).

First cited to a text from 1635.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕo̞ːsẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑĩɴ]

Noun

朝(ちょう)鮮(せん)人(じん) • (chōsenjin) 

1. a Korean (person)
2. (more specifically) a North Korean (person)

Usage notes

Has a strong derogatory connotation when used to refer to South Koreans in particular.

Synonyms

• 韓国人(かんこくじん) (kankokujin) (esp. someone from South Korea)
• 韓人(かんじん) (kanjin)
• 鮮人(せんじん) (senjin)

Korean

Hanja in this term
朝	鮮	人

Noun

朝鮮人 • (joseonin) (hangeul 조선인)

1. Hanja form^? of 조선인 (“(North Korea) Korean (person)”).