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人情

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Chinese

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man; person; people
feeling; emotion; passion
feeling; emotion; passion; situation
 
trad. (人情) 人 情
simp. #(人情) 人 情
anagram 情人

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character 人 情
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 日 (38) 從 (15)
Final (韻) 眞 (43) 清 (121)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 如鄰切 疾盈切
Baxter nyin dzjeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ȵiɪn/ /d͡ziᴇŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ȵin/ /d͡ziɛŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ȵʑjen/ /d͡ziæŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ȵin/ /d͡ziajŋ/
Li
Rong 		/ȵiĕn/ /d͡ziɛŋ/
Wang
Li 		/ȵʑĭĕn/ /d͡zĭɛŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ȵʑi̯ĕn/ /d͡zʱi̯ɛŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		rén qíng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jan4 cing4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 人 情
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		rén qíng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ nyin › ‹ dzjeng ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ni[ŋ]/ /*[dz]eŋ/
English (other) person affections; response to circumstances

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 人 情
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 10800 11348
Phonetic
component 		人 生
Rime
group 		眞 耕
Rime
subdivision 		1 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		仁 情
Old
Chinese 		/*njin/ /*zleŋ/

Noun

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人情

  1. human sentiment; natural human feelings; inherent goodness of human nature
  2. friends and relationships; personal connections; people with which one has curried favor
    中國人情社會／中国人情社会  ―  zhōngguó rénqíng shèhuì  ―  the personal connections aspect of Chinese society
    人情社會／人情社会  ―  rénqíng shèhuì  ―  relationship-oriented society
  3. courtesy; etiquette; civility
  4. favour (kind or helpful deed)
    他欠我一點人情。 [MSC, trad.]
    他欠我一点人情。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā qiàn wǒ yīdiǎn rénqíng. [Pinyin]
    He owes me a favour.
    我打算賣他一次人情。 [MSC, trad.]
    我打算卖他一次人情。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ dǎsuàn mài tā yīcì rénqíng. [Pinyin]
    I plan to do him a favour.
  5. gift; present
  6. (chiefly Cantonese) customary wedding gift money paid by the guest who receives the invitation, whether the guest will attend or not
    香港的結婚人情公價按婚宴場地而異。 [MSC, trad.]
    香港的结婚人情公价按婚宴场地而异。 [MSC, simp.]
    Xiānggǎng de jiéhūn rénqíng gōngjià àn hūnyàn chǎngdì ér yì. [Pinyin]
    The price of customary gift money for weddings in Hong Kong varies depending on the venue.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (人情):

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
人 情
にん
Grade: 1 		じょう
Grade: 5
goon

Pronunciation

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Noun

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

人(にん)情(じょう) • (ninjō) 

  1. humanity, empathy, sympathy

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References

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  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

Korean

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Hanja in this term
人情

Noun

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人情 • (injeong) (hangeul 인정)

  1. hanja form? of 인정 (“empathy”)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term
人情

Noun

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人情

  1. chữ Hán form of nhân tình.
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