人肉

人肉

Chinese

		man; person; people	meat; flesh
simp. and trad. (人肉)		人	肉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rénròu

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄖㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ juk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rénròu
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄖㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rénròu
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-jou⁴
    • Yale: rén-ròu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renrow
    • Palladius: жэньжоу (žɛnʹžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ ʐoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ juk⁶
    • Yale: yàhn yuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ juk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ yug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ jʊk̚²/

Noun

人肉

1. human flesh; human meat
2. (neologism) human flesh search engine

Verb

人肉

1. (neologism) to “human flesh search”, to dox, i.e. to collectively search and distribute one's personal information over the Internet (in an attempt to shame the individual); to doxx

Derived terms

人肉搜索 (rénròu sōusuǒ) 人肉搜索引擎 (rénròu sōusuǒ yǐnqíng)

人肉市場／人肉市场 (rénròu shìchǎng)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
人	肉
にん Grade: 1	にく Grade: 2
on’yomi

Kanji in this term
人	肉
じん Grade: 1	にく Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

人(じん)肉(にく) or 人(にん)肉(にく) • (jinniku or ninniku) 

1. human meat

Usage notes

More commonly used in reference to cannibalism.