人称

See also: 人稱

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 人称 – see 人稱 (“person”). (This term is the simplified form of 人稱).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
人	称
にん Grade: 1	しょう Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
人稱 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) にんしょー [nìńshóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ĩɰ̃ɕo̞ː]

Noun

人(にん)称(しょう) • (ninshō) 

1. (grammar) person

Derived terms

• 一(いち)人(にん)称(しょう) (ichininshō, “first person”)
• 二(に)人(にん)称(しょう) (nininshō, “second person”)
• 三(さん)人(にん)称(しょう) (sanninshō, “third person”)
• 人(にん)称(しょう)代(だい)名(めい)詞(し) (ninshō daimeishi, “personal pronoun”)