偉人

See also: 伟人

Chinese

		big; large; great	man; person; people
trad. (偉人)		偉	人
simp. (伟人)		伟	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wěirén

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁵ jan⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): úi-lîn / úi-jîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wěirén
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wěirén
    • Wade–Giles: wei³-jên²
    • Yale: wěi-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woeiren
    • Palladius: вэйжэнь (vɛjžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai⁵ jan⁴
    • Yale: wáih yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁵ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁵ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯¹³ jɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: úi-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: uí-lîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uyliin
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /ui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lin²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lin²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: úi-jîn
    • Tâi-lô: uí-jîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uyjiin
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡zin¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zin²³/

Noun

偉人

1. great person

Antonyms

• 庸人 (yōngrén)
• 凡人 (fánrén)
• 常人 (chángrén)

Related terms

• 巨人 (jùrén)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
偉	人
い Grade: S	じん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いじん [ìjíń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [iʑĩɴ]

Noun

偉(い)人(じん) • (ijin) ^{←ゐじん (wizin)?}

1. great person; giant; eminent figure

   明治時代(めいじじだい)の偉人(いじん)

   Meiji jidai no ijin

   eminent figures of the Meiji period

Synonyms

• (more informal) 偉(えら)い人(ひと) (erai hito)

Korean

Hanja in this term
偉	人

Noun

偉人 • (wiin) (hangeul 위인)

1. hanja form^? of 위인 (“great man”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
偉	人

Noun

偉人

1. chữ Hán form of vĩ nhân (“great man”).