華人
See also: 华人
Chinese
editflowery; flourishing; magnificent flowery; flourishing; magnificent; your; grey; corona; time; essence; China; Chinese; name of a mountain |
man; person; people | ||
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trad. (華人) | 華 | 人 | |
simp. (华人) | 华 | 人 |
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): waa4 jan4
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): va3 ngin3
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Fà-ngìn
- Eastern Min (BUC): Huà-ìng
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6gho-gnin
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄖㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Huárén
- Wade–Giles: Hua2-jên2
- Yale: Hwá-rén
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Hwaren
- Palladius: Хуажэнь (Xuažɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xu̯ä³⁵ ʐən³⁵/
- (Dungan)
- Cyrillic and Wiktionary: хуажын (huařɨn, I-I)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xua²⁴ ʐəŋ²⁴/
- (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: waa4 jan4
- Yale: wàh yàhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: waa4 jan4
- Guangdong Romanization: wa4 yen4
- Sinological IPA (key): /waː²¹ jɐn²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: va3 ngin3
- Sinological IPA (key): /va²² ᵑɡin²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Fà-ngìn
- Hakka Romanization System: faˇ nginˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: fa2 ngin2
- Sinological IPA: /fa¹¹ ŋin¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: Huà-ìng
- Sinological IPA (key): /hua⁵³⁻³³ iŋ⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hôa-lîn
- Tâi-lô: Huâ-lîn
- Phofsit Daibuun: hoaliin
- IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /hua²⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /hua²⁴⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hôa-jîn
- Tâi-lô: Huâ-jîn
- Phofsit Daibuun: hoajiin
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /hua²³⁻³³ zin²³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /hua¹³⁻²² d͡zin¹³/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: hua5 ring5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huâ jîng
- Sinological IPA (key): /hua⁵⁵⁻¹¹ d͡ziŋ⁵⁵/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
- Wu
Noun
edit華人
- person of Chinese origin or ethnicity.
- 刊行以來,這本書在港、臺及世界各地的華人中始終擁有廣大的讀者群。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 1965: Pai Hsien-yung, Taipei People, Editor's Preface
- Kānxíng yǐlái, zhè běn shū zài Gǎng, Tái jí shìjiè gè dì de huárén zhōng shǐzhōng yōngyǒu guǎngdà de dúzhěqún. [Pinyin]
- Since publication, this book has acquired a large readership in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Chinese communities the world over.
刊行以来,这本书在港、台及世界各地的华人中始终拥有广大的读者群。 [MSC, simp.]
Usage notes
edit- In mainland China, it is often used to indicate Chinese people outside China.
- In overseas Chinese communities, it refers to ethnic Chinese people in general.
Synonyms
editDialectal synonyms of 華人 (“person of Chinese descent”) [map]
Variety | Location | Words |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 華人, 唐人 chiefly overseas | |
Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 華人 |
Malaysia | 華人 | |
Singapore | 華人 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 唐人 |
Hong Kong | 華人, 唐人 | |
Taishan | 華人, 唐人 | |
Kaiping (Chikan) | 唐人 | |
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 唐人 | |
Singapore (Guangfu) | 唐人 | |
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 華人, 唐人 | |
Hakka | Meixian | 唐人 |
Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 唐儂 |
Southern Min | Xiamen | 華人, 唐儂 |
Quanzhou | 華人, 唐儂 | |
Zhangzhou | 華人, 唐儂 | |
Taipei | 華人 GT | |
Penang (Hokkien) | 唐儂 | |
Singapore (Hokkien) | 唐儂 | |
Manila (Hokkien) | 咱儂 | |
Shantou (Chaoyang) | 唐儂 | |
Bangkok (Teochew) | 唐儂 | |
Singapore (Teochew) | 唐儂 | |
Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 唐儂 |
Wu | Shanghai | 華人 |
Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |
Derived terms
editDescendants
editJapanese
editKanji in this term | |
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華 | 人 |
か Grade: S |
じん Grade: 1 |
on'yomi |
Etymology
editNoun
editCategories:
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- Mandarin lemmas
- Dungan lemmas
- Cantonese lemmas
- Taishanese lemmas
- Hakka lemmas
- Eastern Min lemmas
- Hokkien lemmas
- Teochew lemmas
- Wu lemmas
- Chinese nouns
- Mandarin nouns
- Dungan nouns
- Cantonese nouns
- Taishanese nouns
- Hakka nouns
- Eastern Min nouns
- Hokkien nouns
- Teochew nouns
- Wu nouns
- Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Chinese terms spelled with 華
- Chinese terms spelled with 人
- Mandarin terms with quotations
- Intermediate Mandarin
- Japanese terms spelled with 華 read as か
- Japanese terms spelled with 人 read as じん
- Japanese terms read with on'yomi
- Japanese terms suffixed with 人
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms with 2 kanji