土人

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Chinese

Etymology 1

earth; dust; rural
earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian
 
man; person; people
simp. and trad.
(土人)

Pronunciation


Noun

土人

  1. (possibly slightly derogatory) native; aborigine; aboriginal person; indigenous person
  2. (Hokkien, figurative) uncouth person
  3. clay sculpture of a human figure
Synonyms
  • (native):

Etymology 2

Short for 土耳其 (Tǔ'ěrqí, Turkey) man; person; people
simp. and trad.
(土人)

Pronunciation


Noun

土人

  1. Turk; Turkish person; person of Turkish descent

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
じん
Grade: 1
kan'yōon kan'on
 土人 on Japanese Wikipedia

Pronunciation

Noun

()(じん) (dojinどじん (dozin)?

  1. (slightly derogatory)[1] native; aborigine; aboriginal person; indigenous person
    Synonyms: 原住民 (genjūmin), 先住民 (senjūmin)
    北海道(ほっかいどう)(きゅう)土人(どじん)保護(ほご)(ほう)
    Hokkaidō kyū dojin hogo hō
    Hokkaido Former Aborigines Protection Act (Japanese law enforcing cultural assimilation of Ainu people)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

土人 (toin) (hangeul 토인)

  1. hanja form? of 토인