善人

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Chinese

		good	man; person; people
trad. (善人)		善	人
simp. ^#(善人)		善	人

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shànrén

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄢˋ ㄖㄣˊ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siān-lîn / siān-jîn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shànrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄢˋ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shànrén
  - Wade–Giles: shan⁴-jên²
  - Yale: shàn-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shannren
  - Palladius: шаньжэнь (šanʹžɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siān-lîn
  - Tâi-lô: siān-lîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siexnliin
  - IPA (Taipei): /siɛn³³⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɛn²²⁻²¹ lin²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn⁴¹⁻²² lin²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siān-jîn
  - Tâi-lô: siān-jîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siexnjiin
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɛn²²⁻²¹ d͡zin¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɛn³³⁻²¹ zin²³/

Noun

善人

philanthropist; charitable person; well-doer

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (善人):

→ Japanese: 善人(ぜんにん) (zennin)
→ Korean: 선인(善人) (seonin)
→ Vietnamese: thiện nhân (善人)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
善	人
ぜん Grade: 6	にん Grade: 1
goon

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぜんにん (Nakadaka – )^[1]^[2]^[3]
(Tokyo) ぜんにん (Heiban – )^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key):

Noun

善(ぜん)人(にん) • (zennin)

good person; virtuous person
good-natured person

Antonyms

悪人(あくにん) (akunin)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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