役人

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Chinese

		service	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (役人)		役	人

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yìrén

(Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jik⁶ jan⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yìrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yìrén
  - Wade–Giles: i⁴-jên²
  - Yale: yì-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihren
  - Palladius: ижэнь (ižɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
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    義人／义人
    藝人／艺人
    邑人
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jik⁶ jan⁴
  - Yale: yihk yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jik⁹ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yig⁶ yen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪk̚² jɐn²¹/

Noun

役人

(literary) servant; corvee

Verb

役人

(literary) to put someone to work

Japanese

Kanji in this term
役	人
やく Grade: 3	にん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) やくにん (Heiban – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

役(やく)人(にん) • (yakunin)

official, civil servant, public servant, officer

Synonyms

公務員(こうむいん) (kōmuin)
官(つかさ) (tsukasa)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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