枕邊人

Chinese

		beside one's pillow	man; person; people
trad. (枕邊人)		枕邊	人
simp. (枕边人)		枕边	人
Literally: “the person beside the pillow”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhěnbiānrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣˇ ㄅㄧㄢ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zam² bin¹ jan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhěnbiānrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣˇ ㄅㄧㄢ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhěnbianrén
    • Wade–Giles: chên³-pien¹-jên²
    • Yale: jěn-byān-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeenbianren
    • Palladius: чжэньбяньжэнь (čžɛnʹbjanʹžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən²¹⁴⁻²¹ pi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zam² bin¹ jan⁴
    • Yale: jám bīn yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzam² bin¹ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zem² bin¹ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐm³⁵ piːn⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/

Noun

枕邊人

1. (figurative) person whom one shares the bed with; partner; spouse