人礦

Chinese

		man; person; people	ore; mine
trad. (人礦)		人	礦
simp. (人矿)		人	矿
Literally: “human mine”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rénkuàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄎㄨㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ kwong³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rénkuàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄎㄨㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rénkuàng
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-kʻuang⁴
    • Yale: rén-kwàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renkuanq
    • Palladius: жэнькуан (žɛnʹkuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ kʰu̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ kwong³
    • Yale: yàhn kwong
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ kwong³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ kuong³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ kʷʰɔːŋ³³/

Noun

人礦

1. (neologism, figurative) person being exploited as if they are consumables [2023]

Synonyms

• 牛馬／牛马 (niúmǎ)