火星人

Chinese

		Mars; to be outdated and unaware; to not know something that everyone else knows	man; person; people
trad. (火星人)		火星	人
simp. #(火星人)		火星	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huǒxīngrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄒㄧㄥ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fo² sing¹ jan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huǒxīngrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄒㄧㄥ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huǒsingrén
    • Wade–Giles: huo³-hsing¹-jên²
    • Yale: hwǒ-syīng-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huooshingren
    • Palladius: хосинжэнь (xosinžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fo² sing¹ jan⁴
    • Yale: fó sīng yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fo² sing¹ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fo² xing¹ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔː³⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/

Noun

火星人

1. Martian
2. (figurative, slang, derogatory) one out of touch with reality or with the latest news and trends

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (火星人):

• → Japanese: 火(か)星(せい)人(じん) (kaseijin)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
火	星	人
か Grade: 1	せい Grade: 2	じん Grade: 1
kan’on

Etymology

火星 (Kasei, “Mars”) +‎ 人 (-jin, “human”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かせ​ーじん [kàséꜜèjìǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠se̞ːʑĩɴ]

Noun

火(か)星(せい)人(じん) • (kaseijin) 

1. a Martian