璧人

Chinese

		piece of jade with hole in centre	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (璧人)		璧	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bik¹ jan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìrén
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴-jên²
    • Yale: bì-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihren
    • Palladius: бижэнь (bižɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bik¹ jan⁴
    • Yale: bīk yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bik⁷ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: big¹ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪk̚⁵ jɐn²¹/

Noun

璧人

1. (figurative) beautiful person
   • 2022, “老派約會之必要 [A Gentleman's Guide to Old-Fashioned Dating]”, 黃偉文 [Wyman Wong] (lyrics), 陳澤鴻 [GooChan] and 張天賦 [MC] (music)‎^[1]performed by 張天賦 [MC]:

     明月正偷窺這對璧人 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     明月正偷窥这对璧人 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     ming⁴ jyut⁶ zing³ tau¹ kwai¹ ze² deoi³ bik¹ jan⁴ [Jyutping]

     The bright moon is peeking at this beautiful couple