野人

野人

Chinese

		field; plain; open space field; plain; open space; limit; boundary; rude; wild	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (野人)		野	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yěrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˇ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): je⁵ jan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yěrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˇ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yyieren
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: je⁵ jan⁴
    • Yale: yéh yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: je⁵ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yé⁵ yen⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /jɛː¹³ jɐn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /jia^X  ȵiɪn/▼

Rime
Character	野	人
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	麻 (100)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	羊者切	如鄰切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiaX/	/ȵiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/jiaX/	/ȵin/
Shao Rongfen	/iaX/	/ȵʑjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jiaX/	/ȵin/
Li Rong	/iaX/	/ȵiĕn/
Wang Li	/jĭaX/	/ȵʑĭĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯aX/	/ȵʑi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yě	rén

Noun

野人

1. savage; barbarian; wild man; uncivilized human; ruffian; unrefined person
2. common person; non-politician; non-government person; civilian
3. tramp

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (野人):

• → Japanese: 野 (や)人 (じん) (yajin)
• → Korean: 야인 (野人, yain)
• → Vietnamese: dã nhân (野人), dã nhơn (野人)

See also

• 野蠻人／野蛮人 (yěmánrén)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
野	人
や Grade: 2	じん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 野人 (MC jia^X ȵiɪn)

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [ja̠ʑĩɴ]

Noun

野人 (hiragana やじん, rōmaji yajin)

1. savage; barbarian; wild man; uncivilized human, ruffian; unrefined person
2. a person from the countryside; a rustic
3. common person/people, non-politician; non-government person; civilian
4. rustic, country bumpkin; countryfolk
5. yeti; abominable snowman; legendary mountain-dwelling hominid

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Korean

Hanja in this term
野	人

Noun

野人 • (yain) (hangeul 야인)

1. Hanja form^? of 야인 (“savage; barbarian; common person/people”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
野	人

Noun

野人

1. Hán tự form of dã nhân (“wild man; uncivilized human”).
2. Hán tự form of dã nhơn (“(dated) orangutan”).