歹人

Chinese

	bad; wicked; evil	man; person; people
trad. (歹人)	歹	人
simp. ^#(歹人)	歹	人
alternative forms	歹儂／歹侬 Min Nan 否人 Min Nan

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): dǎirén
(Zhuyin): ㄉㄞˇ ㄖㄣˊ
(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): дэжын (deřɨn, II-I)
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai² jan⁴
Min Nan (POJ): pháiⁿ-lâng / phái-lâng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dǎirén
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄞˇ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dǎirén
  - Wade–Giles: tai³-jên²
  - Yale: dǎi-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daeren
  - Palladius: дайжэнь (dajžɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʐən³⁵/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: дэжын (deřɨn, II-I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɛ⁵¹ ʐəŋ²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai² jan⁴
  - Yale: dáai yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai² jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai² yen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯³⁵ jɐn²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pháiⁿ-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: pháinn-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phvaylaang
  - IPA (Penang): /pʰãi⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ laŋ²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /pʰãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰãi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ¹³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phái-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: phái-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phaylaang
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /pʰai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Singapore): /pʰai⁴²⁻²⁴ laŋ²⁴/

Noun

歹人

bad person; villain
- 這樣就可以作你們天父的兒子；因為他叫日頭照好人，也照歹人；降雨給義人，也給不義的人。 [MSC, trad.]
  这样就可以作你们天父的儿子；因为他叫日头照好人，也照歹人；降雨给义人，也给不义的人。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 新標點和合本 (Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation), 馬太福音 (Matthew) 5:45
  Zhèyàng jiù kěyǐ zuò nǐmen Tiānfù de érzi; yīnwèi tā jiào rìtou zhào hǎorén, yě zhào dǎirén; jiàngyǔ gěi yìrén, yě gěi bùyì de rén. [Pinyin]
  That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
- 差點就讓這四個歹人搶去了，還你吧！ [MSC, trad.]
  差点就让这四个歹人抢去了，还你吧！ [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2015 August 22, 贺清华 (He Qinghua), 《暗镖》, in 《故事会》, ISSN 0257-0238, issue 590, page 64
  Chādiǎn jiù ràng zhè sì ge dǎirén qiǎngqù le, hái nǐ ba! [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this example)

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 歹人

孬人 (Teochew)
歹囝 (Hokkien)
歹徒 (dǎitú)
衰人 (Cantonese)
拐家伙 (Xiang)
兇徒／凶徒 (xiōngtú)
壞人／坏人 (huàirén)

壞人子／坏人子 (Xiang)
壞分子／坏分子 (huàifènzǐ)
壞蛋／坏蛋 (huàidàn) (derogatory)
姦人／奸人 (jiānrén)
惡人／恶人 (èrén)
惡徒／恶徒 (ètú)

References

“Entry #829”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.