要人

Chinese

		important; vital; to want important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce	man; person; people
trad. (要人)		要	人
simp. #(要人)		要	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yàorén

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˋ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu³ jan⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iàu-lîn / iàu-jîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yàorén
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yàorén
    • Wade–Giles: yao⁴-jên²
    • Yale: yàu-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yawren
    • Palladius: яожэнь (jaožɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jiu³ jan⁴
    • Yale: yiu yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu³ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu³ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯³³ jɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iàu-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: iàu-lîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iaoliin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iau²¹⁻⁵³ lin²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iau¹¹⁻⁵³ lin²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lin²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iàu-jîn
    • Tâi-lô: iàu-jîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iaojiin
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iau²¹⁻⁴¹ zin²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iau²¹⁻⁵³ d͡zin¹³/

Noun

要人

1. important person; important people; VIP

Synonyms

• 大人物 (dàrénwù)
• 顯要／显要 (xiǎnyào)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
要	人
よう Grade: 4	じん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

要(よう)人(じん) • (yōjin) 

1. VIP

   要人(ようじん)と会談(かいだん)した。

   Yōjin to kaidan shita.

   We had the chance to talk to the high officials (key persons).