真人

See also: 眞人

Chinese

		real; true; genuine	man; person; people
trad. (真人/眞人)		真/眞	人
simp. (真人)		真	人

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhēnrén

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄣㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zan¹ jan⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chin-lîn / chin-jîn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhēnrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄣㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhenrén
  - Wade–Giles: chên¹-jên²
  - Yale: jēn-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenren
  - Palladius: чжэньжэнь (čžɛnʹžɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    真人
    貞人／贞人
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhēnrénr
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄣㄖㄣˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhenrénr
  - Wade–Giles: chên¹-jên²-ʼrh
  - Yale: jēn-rénr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenrel
  - Palladius: чжэньжэньр (čžɛnʹžɛnʹr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ ʐəɻ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zan¹ jan⁴
  - Yale: jān yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzan¹ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: zen¹ yen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐn⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chin-lîn
  - Tâi-lô: tsin-lîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cinliin
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻³³ lin²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sin³³ lin²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chin-jîn
  - Tâi-lô: tsin-jîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cinjiin
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻²² d͡zin¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻³³ zin²³/

Noun

真人

real person; real people
(Taoism, mostly used in titles) one who has attained the Tao; immortal; true man
(Buddhism) Bodhisattva or Arhat.

Synonyms

(immortal): 仙 (xiān)

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
真	人
まさ Grade: 3	と Grade: 1

Alternative spelling
眞人 (kyūjitai)

Etymology 1

Proper noun

真(まさ)人(と) • (Masato)

a male given name

Etymology 2

Noun

真人(まひと) • (mahito)

(Taoism, mostly used in titles) one who has attained the Tao; immortal; true man

Proper noun

真人(まひと) • (Mahito)

(historical) the highest of the 八色の姓 (Yakusa no Kabane, “eight hereditary titles promulgated by Emperor Tenmu”) [from 675 CE].

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
真	人

Noun

真人 • (chân nhân)

chữ Hán form of chân nhân.