Chinese

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white; empty; blank
white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
 
man; person; people
simp. and trad.
(白人)
 
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Etymology 1

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Calque of English white person.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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白人

  1. white person; Caucasian
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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白人

  1. (archaic) Bai people
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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
はく
Grade: 1
じん
Grade: 1
on'yomi
 白人 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

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(haku, white) +‎ (jin, person)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(はく)(じん) (hakujin

  1. a white person
    Synonyms: 白色人種 (hakushoku jinshu), 白人種 (hakujinshu), コーカソイド (kōkasoido)
    Coordinate terms: 黄人 (kōjin), 黒人 (kokujin)

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  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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白人 (baegin) (hangeul 백인)

  1. hanja form? of 백인 (white person)