偉人

See also: 伟人

Chinese

		big; large; great	man; person; people
trad. (偉人)		偉	人
simp. (伟人)		伟	人

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wěirén

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ ㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁵ jan⁴
Min Nan (POJ): úi-lîn / úi-jîn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wěirén
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wěirén
  - Wade–Giles: wei³-jên²
  - Yale: wěi-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woeiren
  - Palladius: вэйжэнь (vɛjžɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʐən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wai⁵ jan⁴
  - Yale: wáih yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁵ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei⁵ yen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯¹³ jɐn²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: úi-lîn
  - Tâi-lô: uí-lîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: uyliin
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /ui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lin²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lin²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: úi-jîn
  - Tâi-lô: uí-jîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: uyjiin
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ʑin²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡ʑin¹³/

Noun

偉人

great person

Antonyms

庸人 (yōngrén)
凡人 (fánrén)
常人 (chángrén)

Related terms

巨人 (jùrén)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
偉	人
い Grade: S	じん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いじん [ìjíń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [iʑĩɴ]

Noun

偉(い)人(じん) • (ijin) ^{←ゐじん (wizin)^?}

great person; giant; eminent figure
明治時代(めいじじだい)の偉人(いじん)
Meiji jidai no ijin
eminent figures of the Meiji period

Synonyms

(more informal) 偉(えら)い人(ひと) (erai hito)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
偉	人

Noun

偉人 • (wiin) (hangeul 위인)

Hanja form^? of 위인 (“great man”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
偉	人

Noun

偉人

chữ Hán form of vĩ nhân (“great man”).

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