精神日本人

Chinese

		spirit; soul; will spirit; soul; will; mind; mental state	Japanese person
trad. (精神日本人)		精神	日本人
simp. #(精神日本人)		精神	日本人

Etymology

Literally "spiritual Japanese". From the implication that those with Japanophilic behaviour are "spiritually or mentally Japanese".

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīngshén rìběnrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥ ㄕㄣˊ ㄖˋ ㄅㄣˇ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹ san⁴ jat⁶ bun² jan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīngshén rìběnrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥ ㄕㄣˊ ㄖˋ ㄅㄣˇ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jingshén rìhběnrén
    • Wade–Giles: ching¹-shên² jih⁴-pên³-jên²
    • Yale: jīng-shén r̀-běn-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingshern ryhbeenren
    • Palladius: цзиншэнь жибэньжэнь (czinšɛnʹ žibɛnʹžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ʂən³⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing¹ san⁴ jat⁶ bun² jan⁴
    • Yale: jīng sàhn yaht bún yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹ san⁴ jat⁹ bun² jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing¹ sen⁴ yed⁶ bun² yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ sɐn²¹ jɐt̚² puːn³⁵ jɐn²¹/

Noun

精神日本人

1. (neologism, derogatory, Internet slang) Japanophile

Synonyms

• (short) 精日 (jīngrì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
精	神	日	本	人
せい Grade: 5	しん Grade: 3	に Grade: 1	ほん Grade: 1	じん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
精神日本人 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 精神日本人 (jīngshén rìběnrén).

Noun

精(せい)神(しん)日(に)本(ほん)人(じん) • (seishin nihonjin) 

1. Japanophile