宇宙人
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Chinese
| man; person; people | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (宇宙人) |
宇宙 | 人 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: yǔzhòurén
- Zhuyin: ㄩˇ ㄓㄡˋ ㄖㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yǔjhòurén
- Wade–Giles: yü3-chou4-jên2
- Yale: yǔ-jòu-rén
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeujowren
- Palladius: юйчжоужэнь (jujčžoužɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /y²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Noun
宇宙人
Synonyms
Descendants
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 宇 | 宙 | 人 |
| う Grade: 6 |
ちゅう Grade: 6 |
じん Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi | ||
Etymology
宇宙 (uchū, “outer space”) + 人 (-jin, “person”)
Pronunciation
Noun
宇宙人 • (uchūjin) ←うちうじん (utiuzin)?
- an alien (life form of non-Earth origin)
- 1987 May 1 , Fujiko Fujio, “宇宙人 ”, in みどりの守り神 (藤子不二雄 ＳＦ全短編; 2), 2nd edition, volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Chuokoronsha, →ISBN, 第二章, page 296:
- まっててくれ宇宙人 ぼくはかならず会いに行くからね
- Mattete kure uchūjin Boku wa kanarazu ai ni iku kara ne
- Just you wait, aliens. I’ll definitely come and see you all.
- まっててくれ宇宙人 ぼくはかならず会いに行くからね
- 1988 July 30 , Fujiko F. Fujio, “愛人製造法 ”, in ひとりぼっちの宇宙戦争 (藤子不二雄少年SF短編集; 1), 16th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 159:
- 宇宙人ってカップめん食うかな？
- Uchūjin tte kappu-men kuu ka na?
- I wonder if aliens like cup noodles.
- 宇宙人ってカップめん食うかな？
- 1999 October 17, “異次元からの侵略者 ”, in Booster 5, Konami:
- 銀河系の外から地球にやってきた宇宙人。
- Gingakei no soto kara Chikyū ni yattekita uchūjin.
- An alien that came to Earth from outside the Milky Way.
- 銀河系の外から地球にやってきた宇宙人。
- synonym of 宇宙飛行士 (uchū hikōshi, “astronaut”) (member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft, or someone trained for that purpose)
References
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
Korean
| Hanja in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 宇 | 宙 | 人 |