今人

Chinese

		today; modern; present today; modern; present; current; this; now	man; person; people
trad. (今人)		今	人
simp. #(今人)		今	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīnrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ jan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīnrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jinrén
    • Wade–Giles: chin¹-jên²
    • Yale: jīn-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinren
    • Palladius: цзиньжэнь (czinʹžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam¹ jan⁴
    • Yale: gām yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/

Noun

今人

1. modern people; contemporaries

   • 今人開口輒說：「學仁義何所用哉？仁義亦能拒英美大砲也乎？」然則不仁不義者能拒英美大砲也乎？ [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]

     From: 1946, letter by ​Kim Yeong'ik (金永益)

     Geumin gaegu cheop seol: "Hak inui ha soyong jae? Inui yeok neung geo Yeong-Mi daepo ya ho?" Yeonjeuk burin burui ja neung geo Yeong-Mi daepo ya ho? [Sino-Korean]

     Whenever people nowadays open their mouths, they always say: "What on earth is the point of learning about benevolence and righteousness? Can benevolence and righteousness resist the British and American artillery?" Well, then, can murderous and unrighteous people resist the British and American artillery, either?