人情

Chinese
man; person; people
 
feeling; emotion; passion
feeling; emotion; passion; situation
trad. (人情) 人 情
simp. #(人情) 人 情
anagram 情人

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 人 情
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 日 (38) 從 (15)
Final (韻) 眞 (43) 清 (121)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 如鄰切 疾盈切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ȵiɪn/ /d͡ziᴇŋ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ȵin/ /d͡ziɛŋ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ȵʑjen/ /d͡ziæŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ȵin/ /d͡ziajŋ/
Li
Rong		 /ȵiĕn/ /d͡ziɛŋ/
Wang
Li		 /ȵʑĭĕn/ /d͡zĭɛŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ȵʑi̯ĕn/ /d͡zʱi̯ɛŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 rén qíng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 jan4 cing4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 人 情
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 rén qíng
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ nyin › ‹ dzjeng ›
Old
Chinese		 /*ni[ŋ]/ /*[dz]eŋ/
English (other) person affections; response to circumstances

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 人 情
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 10800 11348
Phonetic
component		 人 生
Rime
group		 眞 耕
Rime
subdivision		 1 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 仁 情
Old
Chinese		 /*njin/ /*zleŋ/

Noun

人情

  1. human sentiment; natural human feelings; inherent goodness of human nature
  2. friends and relationships; personal connections; people with which one has curried favor
    中國人情社會／中国人情社会  ―  zhōngguó rénqíng shèhuì  ―  the personal connections aspect of Chinese society
    人情社會／人情社会  ―  rénqíng shèhuì  ―  relationship-oriented society
  3. courtesy; etiquette; civility
  4. favour (kind or helpful deed)
    他欠我一點人情。／他欠我一点人情。  ―  Tā qiàn wǒ yīdiǎn rénqíng.  ―  He owes me a favour.
    我打算賣他一次人情。 [MSC, trad.]
    我打算卖他一次人情。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ dǎsuàn mài tā yīcì rénqíng. [Pinyin]
    I plan to do him a favour.
  5. gift; present
  6. (chiefly Cantonese) customary wedding gift money paid by the guest who receives the invitation, whether the guest will attend or not
    香港的結婚人情公價按婚宴場地而異。 [MSC, trad.]
    香港的结婚人情公价按婚宴场地而异。 [MSC, simp.]
    Xiānggǎng de jiéhūn rénqíng gōngjià àn hūnyàn chǎngdì ér yì. [Pinyin]
    The price of customary gift money for weddings in Hong Kong varies depending on the venue.

Synonyms

Derived terms
Derived terms from 人情

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (人情):

See also

Japanese
Kanji in this term
人 情
にん
Grade: 1		 じょう
Grade: 5
goon

Pronunciation

    Noun

    人(にん)情(じょう) • (ninjō) 

    1. humanity, empathy, sympathy

    See also

    References
    1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

    Korean
    Hanja in this term
    人情

    Noun

    人情 • (injeong) (hangeul 인정)

    1. Hanja form? of 인정 (“empathy”).

    Vietnamese
    Hán tự in this term
    人情

    Noun

    人情

    1. chữ Hán form of nhân tình.
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