人間

人間

See also: 人间

Chinese

		man; person; people	interstice; separate; between interstice; separate; between; among; space; (measure word)
trad. (人間)		人	間
simp. (人间)		人	间

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rénjiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ gaan¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngìn-kiên / ngìn-kiân
• Min Nan (POJ): jîn-kan / lîn-kan
• Wu (Wiktionary): zen ji (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: rénjiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄢ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renjian
    • IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ gaan¹
    • Yale: yàhn gāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ gaan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ gan¹
    • IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ käːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngìn-kiên
    • Hakka Romanization System: nginˇ gien´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngin² gian¹
    • IPA: /ɲin¹¹ ki̯en²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngìn-kiân
    • Hakka Romanization System: nginˇ gian´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngin² gian¹
    • IPA: /ɲin¹¹ ki̯an²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jîn-kan
    • Tâi-lô: jîn-kan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jinkafn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ʑin²³⁻³³ kan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ʑin¹³⁻²² kan⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-kan
    • Tâi-lô: lîn-kan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: linkafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lin²⁴⁻²² kan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lin²⁴⁻¹¹ kan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lin²⁴⁻²² kan³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: zen ji (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /z̻əɲ²² t͡ɕi⁴⁴/

Noun

人間

1. the human world; the world of mortals

Synonyms

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世間／世间 (shìjiān) 人世 (rénshì) 人世間／人世间 (rénshìjiān) 人寰 (rénhuán) (literary) 人間世／人间世 (rénjiānshì) (literary)

俗世 (súshì) 塵世／尘世 (chénshì) 塵世間／尘世间 (chénshìjiān) 濁世／浊世 (zhuóshì) (literary)

Derived terms

Derived terms from 人間

不在人間／不在人间 不知人間有羞恥事／不知人间有羞耻事 (bùzhī rénjiān yǒu xiūchǐ shì) 不食人間煙火／不食人间烟火 (bù shí rénjiān yānhuǒ) 人間世／人间世 (rénjiānshì) 人間仙境／人间仙境 人間冷暖／人间冷暖 人間喜劇／人间喜剧 人間地獄／人间地狱 (rénjiān dìyù) 人間天上／人间天上 (rénjiān tiānshàng) 人間天堂／人间天堂 人間樂園／人间乐园 (rénjiān lèyuán)

人間煙火／人间烟火 人間第一黃／人间第一黄 人間蒸發／人间蒸发 (rénjiānzhēngfā) 人間行路難／人间行路难 人間詞話／人间词话 人間重晚晴／人间重晚晴 別有人間／别有人间 別有天地非人間／别有天地非人间 天上人間／天上人间 (tiānshàng rénjiān) 春滿人間／春满人间 遊戲人間／游戏人间

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
人	間
にん Grade: 1	けん > げん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Goon
  • (Tokyo) にんげん [nìńgéń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ĩŋɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

人間 (hiragana にんげん, rōmaji ningen)

1. human, person, human being

   人 (にん)間 (げん)社会 (しゃかい)

   ningen shakai

   human society

2. personality, character
3. (Buddhism) literally meaning: "human society", referring to one of the six realms of reincarnation in Buddhist cosmology.

See also

• (person): 人類 (じんるい) (jinrui)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
人	間
じん Grade: 1	かん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

人間 (hiragana じんかん, rōmaji jinkan)

1. (archaic) the world in which people live; the world, society

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
人	間
ひと Grade: 1	ま Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Noun

人間 (hiragana ひとま, rōmaji hitoma)

1. a place devoid of people

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

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Korean

Hanja in this term
人	間

Noun

人間 • (in-gan) (hangeul 인간)

1. Hanja form^? of 인간 (“people, humanity”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
人	間

Noun

人間

1. Hán tự form of nhân gian (“humanity; mankind”).