倭人

倭人

Chinese

		Japanese; dwarf	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (倭人)		倭	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wōrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄛ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wo¹ jan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: wōrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄛ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uoren
    • IPA ^(key): /u̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wo¹ jan⁴
    • Yale: wō yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wo¹ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wo¹ yen⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /wɔː⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/

Noun

倭人

1. (dated, derogatory) Japanese person (term especially used in ancient China)
2. dwarf; pygmy

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
倭	人
わ Jinmeiyō	じん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Alternative forms

• 和人

Etymology

From Chinese 倭人.

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) わじん [wàjíń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ɰᵝa̠ʑĩɴ]

Noun

倭人 (hiragana わじん, rōmaji wajin)

1. (dated) a Japanese person (term especially used in the ancient China)

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
倭	人

Noun

倭人 • (waein) (hangeul 왜인)

1. Hanja form^? of 왜인 (“a Japanese person (term especially used in the ancient China)”).