恩人

恩人

Chinese

		kind act (from above)	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (恩人)		恩	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ēnrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄣ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan¹ jan⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ên-ngìn
• Min Nan (POJ): un-lîn / un-jîn / in-jîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: ēnrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄣ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: enren
    • Tongyong Pinyin: enrén
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀən⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan¹ jan⁴
    • Yale: yān yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan¹ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen¹ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ên-ngìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: en´ nginˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: en¹ ngin²
    • Sinological IPA: /en²⁴ ɲin¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: un-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: un-lîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: unliin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /un⁴⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /un⁴⁴⁻³³ lin²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /un³³ lin²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: un-jîn
    • Tâi-lô: un-jîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: unjiin
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /un⁴⁴⁻³³ ʑin²³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: in-jîn
    • Tâi-lô: in-jîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: injiin
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /in⁴⁴⁻²² d͡ʑin¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /in⁴⁴⁻³³ ʑin²³/

Noun

恩人

1. benefactor; patron

Derived terms

一斗米養個恩人，一石米養個仇人／一斗米养个恩人，一石米养个仇人 大恩人

救命恩人 翻把恩人當仇人／翻把恩人当仇人

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
恩	人
おん Grade: 5	じん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

恩人 (hiragana おんじん, rōmaji onjin)

1. benefactor (on who gives gifts or help)
   • 1954, 坂口安吾, 曾我の暴れん坊:

     その大 (おお)きい立派 (りっぱ)なお方 (かた)は命 (いのち)の恩人 (おんじん)。

     Sono ōkii rippa na o-kata wa inochi no onjin.

     That splendid gentleman saved my life.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
恩	人

Noun

恩人 • (eunin) (hangeul 은인)

1. Hanja form^? of 은인 (“benefactor”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
恩	人

Noun

恩人

1. Hán tự form of ân nhân (“benefactor”).