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Chinese
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man; person; people
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kind; type; class kind; type; class; category; similar; like; to resemble |
| trad. (人類)
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人
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類
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| simp. (人类)
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人
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类
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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人
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類
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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rén
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lèi
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ nyin ›
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‹ lwijH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ni/
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/*u-s/
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| English
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(other) person
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category
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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人
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類
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| Reading #
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1/1
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2/2
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| No.
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10800
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7772
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Phonetic
component
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人
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頪
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Rime
group
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眞
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隊
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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3
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Corresponding
MC rime
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仁
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類
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Old
Chinese
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/*njin/
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/*ruds/
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Noun
人類
- (collective) humanity; humans; humankind; the human race; hominid
- 人類前途／人类前途 ― rénlèi qiántú ― the future of the human race
- 人類遺址／人类遗址 ― rénlèi yízhǐ ― hominid site
人類活動導致的氣候變化 [MSC, trad.]
人类活动导致的气候变化 [MSC, simp.]- rénlèi huódòng dǎozhì de qìhòu biànhuà
- human-induced climate change
關係到人類的生死存亡 [MSC, trad.]
关系到人类的生死存亡 [MSC, simp.]- guānxì dào rénlèi de shēngsǐcúnwáng
- to concern the survival of the human race
圖書館是人類知識的海洋。 [MSC, trad.]
图书馆是人类知识的海洋。 [MSC, simp.]- Túshūguǎn shì rénlèi zhīshí de hǎiyáng.
- Libraries contain knowledge of human experience as vast as the open sea.
書籍是人類進步的階梯。 [MSC, trad.]
书籍是人类进步的阶梯。 [MSC, simp.]- Shūjí shì rénlèi jìnbù de jiētī.
- The book is the ladder of human progress.
考古學係一門研究人類文化同歷史嘅學科。 [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad.]
考古学系一门研究人类文化同历史嘅学科。 [Guangzhou Cantonese, simp.]- haau2 gu2 hok6 hai6 jat1 mun4 jin4 gau3 jan4 leoi6 man4 faa3 tung4 lik6 si2 ge3 hok6 fo1.
- Archaeology is a science that studies human cultures and history.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
See also
Japanese
| Alternative spelling
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| 人類 (kyūjitai)
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Pronunciation
Noun
人類 • (jinrui)
- mankind, the human race, humanity
- 人類の起源
- jinrui no kigen
- the origins of the human race
See also
References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
Korean
Noun
人類 • (illyu) (hangeul 인류)
- hanja form? of 인류 (“human”)
Vietnamese
Noun
人類
- chữ Hán form of nhân loại (“mankind; humanity; human beings”).