人物

Chinese

		man; person; people	thing; object; matter
simp. and trad. (人物)		人	物

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rénwù

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ mat^6-2, jan⁴ mat⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngìn-vu̍t
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): jîn-bu̍t / lîn-bu̍t

(Teochew, Peng'im): nang⁵ muêh⁸

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rénwù
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rénwù
  - Wade–Giles: jên²-wu⁴
  - Yale: rén-wù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renwuh
  - Palladius: жэньу (žɛnʹu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ u⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jan⁴ mat^6-2, jan⁴ mat⁶
  - Yale: yàhn mát, yàhn maht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ mat^9-2, jan⁴ mat⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ med^6-2, yen⁴ med⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ mɐt̚²⁻³⁵/, /jɐn²¹ mɐt̚²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngìn-vu̍t
  - Hakka Romanization System: nginˇ vud
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngin² vud⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /ɲin¹¹ vut̚⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jîn-bu̍t
  - Tâi-lô: jîn-bu̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jinbut
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ʑin¹³⁻²² but̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ʑin²³⁻³³ but̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-bu̍t
  - Tâi-lô: lîn-bu̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: linbut
  - IPA (Taipei): /lin²⁴⁻¹¹ but̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lin²⁴⁻²² but̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lin²⁴⁻²² but̚⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: nang⁵ muêh⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nâng mue̍h
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /naŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ mueʔ⁴/

Noun

人物

figure; personage
歷史人物／历史人物 ― lìshǐ rénwù ― historical figure

神秘人物 ― shénmì rénwù ― mysterious figure

神話人物／神话人物 ― shénhuà rénwù ― mythological figure

焦點人物／焦点人物 ― jiāodiǎn rénwù ― central figure
character (in a story)
主要人物 ― zhǔyào rénwù ― main character
personnel
內部人物／内部人物 ― nèibù rénwù ― internal personnel
(art) figure painting; painting of a person; portrait
(Classical Chinese) demeanour
(Classical Chinese) people and things

Synonyms

(figure painting): 人物畫／人物画 (rénwùhuà)

Derived terms

代表人物 (dàibiǎo rénwù)
反面人物 (fǎnmiàn rénwù)
大人物 (dàrénwù)
小人物 (xiǎorénwù)
不受歡迎人物／不受欢迎人物 (bù shòu huānyíng rénwù)

人物畫／人物画 (rénwùhuà)
人設／人设 (rénshè)
公眾人物／公众人物 (gōngzhòng rénwù)
風雲人物／风云人物 (fēngyúnrénwù)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (人物):

→ Japanese: 人物(じんぶつ) (jinbutsu)
→ Korean: 인물(人物) (inmul)
→ Vietnamese: nhân vật (人物)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
人	物
じん Grade: 1	ぶつ Grade: 3
kan’on

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じんぶつ [jíꜜǹbùtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
IPA^(key): [(d͡)ʑĩmbɯ̟ᵝt͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

人(じん)物(ぶつ) • (jinbutsu)

person, figure, personage
someone's character

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
人	物

Noun

人物 • (inmul) (hangeul 인물)

Hanja form^? of 인물 (“figure”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
人	物

Noun

人物

chữ Hán form of nhân vật (“figure”).

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