宇宙人

Chinese

		universe; cosmos; macrocosm universe; cosmos; macrocosm; space; roof, ridgepole and beams	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (宇宙人)		宇宙	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǔzhòurén

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˇ ㄓㄡˋ ㄖㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǔzhòurén
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˇ ㄓㄡˋ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǔjhòurén
    • Wade–Giles: yü³-chou⁴-jên²
    • Yale: yǔ-jòu-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeujowren
    • Palladius: юйчжоужэнь (jujčžoužɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/

Noun

宇宙人

1. alien; extraterrestrial

Synonyms

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• 外星人 (wàixīngrén)
• 太空人 (tàikōngrén)
• 星球人 (xīngqiúrén)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (宇宙人):

• → Japanese: 宇宙人(うちゅうじん) (uchūjin)
• → Korean: 우주인(宇宙人) (uju'in)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
宇	宙	人
う Grade: 6	ちゅう Grade: 6	じん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

宇宙 (uchū, “outer space”) +‎ 人 (-jin, “person”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) うちゅうじん [ùchúꜜùjìǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟t͡ɕɨːʑĩɴ]

Noun

宇(う)宙(ちゅう)人(じん) • (uchūjin) ^{←うちうじん (utiuzin)?}

1. an alien (life form of non-Earth origin)

   Synonyms: 異星人 (iseijin), エイリアン (eirian)

   • 1987 May 1 [1987 March 20], Fujiko Fujio, “宇宙人 [Aliens]”, in みどりの守り神 [Green Guardian God] (藤子不二雄 ＳＦ全短編; 2), 2nd edition, volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Chuokoronsha, →ISBN, 第二章, page 296:

     まっててくれ宇(う)宙(ちゅう)人(じん)　ぼくはかならず会(あ)いに行(い)くからね

     Mattete kure uchūjin Boku wa kanarazu ai ni iku kara ne

     Just you wait, aliens. I’ll definitely come and see you all.

   • 1988 July 30 [1983 December 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, “愛人製造法 [How to Create a Loved One]”, in ひとりぼっちの宇宙戦争 [The One-Man Cosmic War] (藤子不二雄少年SF短編集; 1), 16th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 159:

     宇(う)宙(ちゅう)人(じん)ってカップめん食(く)うかな？

     Uchūjin tte kappu-men kuu ka na?

     I wonder if aliens like cup noodles.

   • 1999 October 17, “異(い)次(じ)元(げん)からの侵(しん)略(りゃく)者(しゃ) [Invader from a Different Dimension]”, in Booster 5, Konami:

     銀(ぎん)河(が)系(けい)の外(そと)から地(ち)球(きゅう)にやってきた宇(う)宙(ちゅう)人(じん)。

     Gingakei no soto kara Chikyū ni yattekita uchūjin.

     An alien that came to Earth from outside the Milky Way.

2. Synonym of 宇宙飛行士 (uchū hikōshi, “astronaut”) (member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft, or someone trained for that purpose)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
宇	宙	人

Noun

宇宙人 • (uju'in) (hangeul 우주인)

1. hanja form^? of 우주인 (“alien”)
2. hanja form^? of 우주인 (“astronaut”)