日本人

Chinese

		the sun's origin; where the sun originates; Japan	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (日本人)		日本	人
alternative forms		日本儂／日本侬 Min Nan

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): rìběnrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄖˋ ㄅㄣˇ ㄖㄣˊ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): жыбынжын (řɨbɨnřɨn, III-II-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat⁶ bun² jan⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngi̍t-pún-ngìn
• Eastern Min (BUC): nĭk-buōng-nè̤ng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): li̍t-pún-lâng / ji̍t-pún-lâng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): rig⁸ bung² nang⁵

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁸zeq-pen-gnin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rìběnrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄖˋ ㄅㄣˇ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rìhběnrén
    • Wade–Giles: jih⁴-pên³-jên²
    • Yale: r̀-běn-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ryhbeenren
    • Palladius: жибэньжэнь (žibɛnʹžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐ̩⁵¹ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: жыбынжын (řɨbɨnřɨn, III-II-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐ̩⁴⁴ pəŋ⁵¹ ʐəŋ²⁴/

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

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat⁶ bun² jan⁴
    • Yale: yaht bún yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁹ bun² jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed⁶ bun² yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚² puːn³⁵ jɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngi̍t-pún-ngìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngid bun` nginˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngid⁶ bun³ ngin²
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋit̚⁵ pun³¹ ŋin¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: nĭk-buōng-nè̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nˡiʔ⁵⁻²¹ puoŋ³³⁻²¹ nˡøyŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: li̍t-pún-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: li̍t-pún-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lidpwnlaang
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /lit̚⁴⁻³² pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /lit̚²⁴⁻² pun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ laŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ji̍t-pún-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: ji̍t-pún-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jidpwnlaang
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zit̚⁴⁻³² pun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: rig⁸ bung² nang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ji̍k púng nâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /d͡zik̚⁴⁻² puŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ naŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁸zeq-pen-gnin
    • MiniDict: zeh^入 pen nyin
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵zeq-pen-nyin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zəʔ¹¹ pən²² n̠ʲin²³/

Noun

日本人

1. Japanese person

Synonyms

• 倭人 (wōrén) (literary)
• 倭夷 (literary)
• 倭奴 (pejorative)
• 倭子 (literary)
• 倭寇 (wōkòu) (pejorative)
• 日人 (Rìrén) (literary)
• 日本鬼子 (Rìběn guǐzi) (pejorative)
• 本子 (běnzi) (pejorative, slang, mainland China)
• 東洋人／东洋人 (dōngyángrén) (dated)
• 東洋鬼子／东洋鬼子 (dōngyáng guǐzi) (pejorative)
• 東瀛人／东瀛人 (dōngyíngrén) (literary)
• 霓虹金 (níhóngjīn) (Internet slang)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 日本人 (“Japanese person”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		倭人, 倭子, 倭夷
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		日本人
Mandarin	Taiwan	日本人
	Wuhan	老東
	Huanggang	東洋人
	Chongqing	日本人
	Malaysia	日本人
	Singapore	日本人
Cantonese	Guangzhou	日本人, 日本仔, 蘿蔔頭
	Hong Kong	日本人, 日本仔, 蘿蔔頭, 㗎頭, 㗎仔 male, 㗎佬 male, 㗎妹 female
	Kaiping (Chikan)	日本仔
	Dongguan	㗎佬
	Singapore (Guangfu)	日本人
Hakka	Kuching (Hepo)	日本人
Huizhou	Jixi	日本佬
Southern Min	Xiamen	日本儂
	Quanzhou	日本儂
	Jinjiang	日本儂
	Zhangzhou	日本儂
	Taipei (Wanhua)	日本儂
	Kaohsiung	阿本仔
	Yilan	日本儂
	Changhua (Lukang)	日本儂
	Taichung	日本儂
	Taichung (Wuqi)	日本儂
	Tainan	東洋儂, 阿本仔, 臭狗仔
	Taitung	阿本仔
	Hsinchu	日本儂
	Penghu (Magong)	日本儂
	Penang (Hokkien)	日本仔
	Singapore (Hokkien)	日本儂
	Manila (Hokkien)	日本仔, 日本儂
	Singapore (Teochew)	日本儂
	Tunchang	日本囝
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	日本囝
Wu	Shanghai	日本人, 東洋人
	Danyang	東洋人
	Hangzhou	東洋人
	Wenzhou	東洋人
	Jinhua	日本佬

Derived terms

• 精神日本人 (jīngshén rìběnrén)

 

See also

• (Cantonese) 㗎妹

Japanese

Kanji in this term
日	本	人
にち > にっ Grade: 1	ほん > ぽん Grade: 1	じん Grade: 1
goon		kan’on

Kanji in this term
日	本	人
にち > に Grade: 1	ほん Grade: 1	じん Grade: 1
irregular	goon	kan’on

Etymology

日本 (“Japan”) +‎ 人 (“citizen; native”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) にほんじ​ん [nìhóńjíꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ihõ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑĩɴ]

• (Tokyo) にっぽんじ​ん [nìppóńjíꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [5])
• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ip̚põ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑĩɴ]

Noun

日(に)本(ほん)人(じん) or 日(にっ)本(ぽん)人(じん) • (nihonjin or nipponjin) 

1. a Japanese person

Korean

Noun

日本人 • (ilbonin) (hangeul 일본인)

1. Hanja form^? of 일본인 (“a Japanese person”).