植物人
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Chinese
| man; person; people | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (植物人) |
植物 | 人 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄓˊ ㄨˋ ㄖㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jhíhwùrén
- Wade–Giles: chih2-wu4-jên2
- Yale: jŕ-wù-rén
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyrwuhren
- Palladius: чжиужэнь (čžiužɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ u⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄓˊ ㄨˋ ㄖㄣˊㄦ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jhíhwùrénr
- Wade–Giles: chih2-wu4-jên2-ʼrh
- Yale: jŕ-wù-rénr
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyrwuhrel
- Palladius: чжиужэньр (čžiužɛnʹr)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ u⁵¹ ʐəɻ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zik6 mat6 jan4
- Yale: jihk maht yàhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzik9 mat9 jan4
- Guangdong Romanization: jig6 med6 yen4
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɪk̚² mɐt̚² jɐn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: sêg4 muêh8 nang5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sek mue̍h nâng
- Sinological IPA (key): /sek̚²⁻⁴ mueʔ⁴⁻² naŋ⁵⁵/
- (Teochew)
Noun
植物人
- (medicine) person in a vegetative state; human vegetable; cabbage