人質
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See also: 人质
Chinese
| man; person; people | hostage; substance; nature hostage; substance; nature; quality | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (人質) | 人 | 質 | |
| simp. (人质) | 人 | 质 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jan4 zi3
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): ngin3 zi1
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jan4 zi3
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngìn-chṳt
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): jîn-chit / lîn-chit / jîn-chì / lîn-chì
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄓˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: rénjhìh
- Wade–Giles: jên2-chih4
- Yale: rén-jr̀
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renjyh
- Palladius: жэньчжи (žɛnʹčži)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʐən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
- Homophones:
人治
人質／人质
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jan4 zi3
- Yale: yàhn ji
- Cantonese Pinyin: jan4 dzi3
- Guangdong Romanization: yen4 ji3
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɐn²¹ t͡siː³³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: ngin3 zi1
- Sinological IPA (key): /ᵑɡin²² t͡si³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngìn-chṳt
- Hakka Romanization System: nginˇ ziidˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: ngin2 zid5
- Sinological IPA: /ŋin¹¹ t͡sɨt̚²/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jîn-chit
- Tâi-lô: jîn-tsit
- Phofsit Daibuun: jincid
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /zin²³⁻³³ t͡sit̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-chit
- Tâi-lô: lîn-tsit
- Phofsit Daibuun: lincid
- IPA (Xiamen): /lin²⁴⁻²² t͡sit̚³²/
- IPA (Taipei): /lin²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sit̚³²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /lin²⁴⁻²² t͡sit̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jîn-chì
- Tâi-lô: jîn-tsì
- Phofsit Daibuun: jincix
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zin¹³⁻²² t͡si²¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-chì
- Tâi-lô: lîn-tsì
- Phofsit Daibuun: lincix
- IPA (Xiamen): /lin²⁴⁻²² t͡si²¹/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
Noun
人質
Synonyms
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 人 | 質 |
| ひと Grade: 1 |
しち > じち Grade: 5 |
| yutōyomi | |
Etymology
Compound of 人 (hito, “person”) + 質 (shichi, “pawn, hock”).[1] The shichi changes to jichi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
The original sense was “indentureship”, from the sense of a person being as if in pawn until a debt is paid. The “hostage” sense then arose by extension, from the person being in pawn until a ransom is paid or some other condition is met.
Pronunciation
Noun
- a hostage
- 人質事件
- hitojichi jiken
- a hostage situation
- 2013 September 9, Hideaki Sorachi, “第四百五十一訓人間五十年下天のうちをくらぶれば 夢 モヒカンの如くなり [Lesson 451: Man’s Fifty Years of Life Are Nothing Compared to All Things under the Sky. Nothing But a Dream, a Mohawk.]”, in 銀魂 [Silver Soul], volume 51 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:
- 落ちつけ 斬り込みなんてそう簡単にできるワケねーだろ アンタらには俺達人質がついてんだぜ
- Ochitsuke kirikomi nan te sō kantan ni dekiru wake nē daro Anta-ra ni wa ore-tachi hitojichi ga tsuite n da ze
- Chill out, they can’t just barge in here and hurt everyone. You guys still have us as hostages.
- 落ちつけ 斬り込みなんてそう簡単にできるワケねーだろ アンタらには俺達人質がついてんだぜ
- 人質事件
- (archaic, original sense) indentureship, the state of being in servitude to another as collateral on or payment of a debt