倭人

Chinese
Japanese man; person; people
trad. (倭人) 倭 人
simp. #(倭人) 倭 人

Pronunciation

Noun

倭人

  1. (dated, derogatory) Japanese person (term especially used in ancient China)
  2. dwarf; pygmy

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 日本人 (“Japanese person”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 倭人, 倭子, 倭夷
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 日本人
Mandarin Taiwan 日本人
Wuhan 老東
Huanggang 東洋人
Malaysia 日本人
Singapore 日本人
Cantonese Guangzhou 日本人, 日本仔, 蘿蔔頭
Hong Kong 日本人, 日本仔, 蘿蔔頭, 㗎頭, 㗎仔, 㗎佬
Kaiping (Chikan) 日本仔
Dongguan 㗎佬
Singapore (Guangfu) 日本人
Hakka Kuching (Hepo) 日本人
Huizhou Jixi 日本佬
Min Nan Xiamen 日本儂
Quanzhou 日本儂
Jinjiang 日本儂
Zhangzhou 日本儂
Taipei (Wanhua) 日本儂
Kaohsiung 阿本仔
Yilan 日本儂
Changhua (Lukang) 日本儂
Taichung 日本儂
Taichung (Wuqi) 日本儂
Tainan 東洋儂, 阿本仔, 臭狗仔
Taitung 阿本仔
Hsinchu 日本儂
Penghu (Magong) 日本儂
Penang (Hokkien) 日本仔
Singapore (Hokkien) 日本儂
Manila (Hokkien) 日本仔, 日本儂
Singapore (Teochew) 日本儂
Zhongshan Min Sanxiang 日本囝
Wu Shanghai 日本人, 東洋人
Danyang 東洋人
Hangzhou 東洋人
Wenzhou 東洋人
Jinhua 日本佬

Japanese
Kanji in this term
倭 人
わ
Jinmeiyō		 じん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Chinese 倭人 (wōrén).

Pronunciation

Noun

倭(わ)人(じん) • (wajin) 

  1. (dated) a Japanese person (term especially used in ancient China)

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
倭人

Noun

倭人 • (waein) (hangeul 왜인)

  1. Hanja form? of 왜인 (“a Japanese person (term especially used in the ancient China)”).
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