植物人

植物人

Chinese

		plant; vegetation; flora	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (植物人)		植物	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhíwùrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˊ ㄨˋ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zik⁶ mat⁶ jan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhíwùrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˊ ㄨˋ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jywuhren
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ u⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhíwùrénr
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˊ ㄨˋ ㄖㄣˊㄦ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jywuhrel
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ u⁵¹ ʐəɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zik⁶ mat⁶ jan⁴
    • Yale: jihk maht yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁹ mat⁹ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: jig⁶ med⁶ yen⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚² mɐt̚² jɐn²¹/

Noun

植物人

1. (medicine) person in a vegetative state; human vegetable