高人

高人

Chinese

		high; tall	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (高人)		高	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gāorén

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gou¹ jan⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): ko-jîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gāorén
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gaorén
    • Wade–Giles: kao¹-jên²
    • Yale: gāu-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gauren
    • Palladius: гаожэнь (gaožɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gou¹ jan⁴
    • Yale: gōu yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gou¹ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gou¹ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko-jîn
    • Tâi-lô: ko-jîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koijiin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² d͡ʑin²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ko³³ d͡ʑin²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² d͡ʑin¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ko⁴⁴⁻³³ d͡ʑin²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ ʑin²³/

Noun

高人

1. very able person; highly skilled or knowledgeable person

   各位在座的高人可得多多指教啊。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   Gèwèi zàizuò de gāorén kě děi duōduō zhǐjiào a. [Pinyin]

   I look forward to receiving guidance from the knowledgeable people present here.

2. (literary) someone of noble character (often referring to hermits)