知人

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Chinese

		to know; to be aware	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (知人)		知	人

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhīrén

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ jan⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chai-lâng / ti-jîn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhīrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhihrén
  - Wade–Giles: chih¹-jên²
  - Yale: jr̄-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyren
  - Palladius: чжижэнь (čžižɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi¹ jan⁴
  - Yale: jī yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ yen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chai-lâng / ti-jîn
  - Tâi-lô: tsai-lâng / ti-jîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zailaang, dijiin
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sai⁴⁴⁻²² laŋ²⁴/, /ti⁴⁴⁻²² d͡zin²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sai³³ laŋ²⁴/, /ti³³ d͡zin²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sai⁴⁴⁻²² laŋ¹³/, /ti⁴⁴⁻²² d͡zin¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sai⁴⁴⁻³³ laŋ²⁴/, /ti⁴⁴⁻³³ d͡zin²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sai⁴⁴⁻³³ laŋ²³/, /ti⁴⁴⁻³³ zin²³/

Note: chai-lâng - conscious/clear/aware;.

Verb

知人

(archaic) to be an insightful and astute judge of character

Derived terms

知人之明 (zhīrénzhīmíng)
知人知面不知心 (zhī rén zhī miàn bù zhī xīn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
知	人
ち Grade: 2	じん Grade: 1

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ちじん (Heiban – )
(Tokyo) ちじん (Atamadaka – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

知(ち)人(じん) • (chijin)

acquaintance
知人(ちじん)が多(おお)い
chijin ga ōi
have a wide circle of acquaintances

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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