洋大人

Chinese

		ocean; foreign	adult; grown-up; person of high rank
simp. and trad. (洋大人)		洋	大人

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yángdàrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄖㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yángdàrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yángdàrén
    • Wade–Giles: yang²-ta⁴-jên²
    • Yale: yáng-dà-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yangdahren
    • Palladius: яндажэнь (jandažɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ³⁵ tä⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/

Noun

洋大人

1. (sarcastic, derogatory) privileged foreigner in China