雪人
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雪人 (1)
Chinese
| snow | man; person; people | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (雪人) | 雪 | 人 | |
| simp. #(雪人) | 雪 | 人 | |
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Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): syut3 jan4
- Jin (Wiktionary): xyeh4 reng1
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): seh-lâng
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄖㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: syuěrén
- Wade–Giles: hsüeh3-jên2
- Yale: sywě-rén
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheueren
- Palladius: сюэжэнь (sjuežɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (雪人兒／雪人儿)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄖㄣˊㄦ
- Tongyong Pinyin: syuěrénr
- Wade–Giles: hsüeh3-jên2-ʼrh
- Yale: sywě-rénr
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheuerel
- Palladius: сюэжэньр (sjuežɛnʹr)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐəɻ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: syut3 jan4
- Yale: syut yàhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: syt8 jan4
- Guangdong Romanization: xud3 yen4
- Sinological IPA (key): /syːt̚³ jɐn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: xyeh4 reng1
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɕyəʔ²⁻⁵⁴ ʐəŋ¹¹/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Southern Min
Noun
雪人
- snowman (Classifier: 個／个 m c)
- (cryptozoology) yeti
Synonyms
- (snowman):
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 雪人, 雪羅漢 Mainland China | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 雪人兒 |
| Taiwan | 雪人 | |
| Singapore | 雪人 | |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 雪人兒 |
| Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 雪娃娃 | |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 雪人 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 雪人 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 雪儂 |
| Taipei | 雪儂 GT | |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 雪人兒 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | |
Descendants
Others:
- → Vietnamese: người tuyết (“snowman; yeti”) (calque)
Korean
| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 雪 | 人 |