化人

Chinese

Etymology 1

		to make into; to change into; ‑ization to make into; to change into; ‑ization; to ... ‑ize; to transform	man; person; people
trad. (化人)		化	人
simp. ^#(化人)		化	人
anagram		人化

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huàrén

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄖㄣˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huàrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huàrén
  - Wade–Giles: hua⁴-jên²
  - Yale: hwà-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huahren
  - Palladius: хуажэнь (xuažɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xwä⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/

Noun

化人

(obsolete, Classical Chinese) immortal; supernatural entity; celestial being; transcendent being

Synonyms

仙人 (xiānrén)
神仙 (shénxiān)

Further reading

Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “化人” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].

Etymology 2

		to make into; to change into; ‑ization to make into; to change into; ‑ization; to ... ‑ize; to transform	man; person; people
trad. (化人)		化	人
simp. ^#(化人)		化	人
alternative forms		化儂／化侬
anagram		人化

Possibly ultimately from Old French franc through Persian ‎ (farang, “Frank; French; European; Christian”). Compare Urdu فرنگی‎ (farangī~firangī), Hindi फ़िरंगी (firaṅgī, “foreigner”), Burmese ဘရင်ဂျီ (bha.ranggyi, “Roman Catholic; Caucasian especially Portuguese”), Thai ฝรั่ง (fà-ràng, “westerner”), Lao ຝະລັ່ງ (fa lang, “Frenchman; white foreigner”), Khmer បារាំង (baarang, “Frenchman; European”), English farang (“western foreigner (in Thailand)”), Vietnamese phật lăng (“franc”), Cantonese 佛郎機／佛郎机 (fat⁶ long⁴ gei¹), Mandarin 佛郎機／佛郎机 (fólángjī),[1] Hokkien 番人 (hoan-lâng, “foreigner”).[2]

Pronunciation

Min Nan (POJ): hòa-lâng

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hòa-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: huà-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoarlaang
  - IPA (Philippines): /hua⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ laŋ²⁴/

Noun

化人

(Philippine Hokkien, archaic, historical) Spaniard

Synonyms

西班牙人 (Xībānyárén)

Adjective

化人

(Philippine Hokkien, archaic, historical) Spanish

Derived terms

化人筆／化人笔

See also

紅毛／红毛 (âng-mô͘)

References

Batchelor, Robert (January 24, 2013), “The Selden Map Rediscovered: A Chinese Map of East Asian Shipping Routes, c.1619”, in The International Journal for the History of Cartography‎, volume 65, issue 1
Dictionario Hispanico Sinicum, Manila: University of Santo Tomás Archives, 1604, page 213

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