新人類

Chinese

		new; newly; meso- (chem.)	humanity; humans; humankind humanity; humans; humankind; the human race; hominid
trad. (新人類)		新	人類
simp. (新人类)		新	人类

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīnrénlèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄖㄣˊ ㄌㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ jan⁴ leoi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīnrénlèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄖㄣˊ ㄌㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sinrénlèi
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-jên²-lei⁴
    • Yale: syīn-rén-lèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinrenley
    • Palladius: синьжэньлэй (sinʹžɛnʹlɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵ leɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san¹ jan⁴ leoi⁶
    • Yale: sān yàhn leuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ jan⁴ loey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ yen⁴ lêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ jɐn²¹ lɵy̯²²/

Noun

新人類

1. the new generation (originally referring to those born in the 1960s); people who are not bound by traditions

See also

• 新新人類／新新人类 (xīnxīnrénlèi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
新	人	類
しん Grade: 2	じん Grade: 1	るい Grade: 4
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
新人類 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 新 (shin-, “new”) +‎ 人類 (jinrui, “human race”). Coined by Shinichiro Kurimoto in the late 1970s.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しんじんるい [shìńjíꜜǹrùì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ɕĩɲ̟d͡ʑĩn̺ɾɯ̟i]

Noun

新(しん)人(じん)類(るい) • (shinjinrui) 

1. new generation, which has different sensibilities and values