星球人

Chinese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīngqiúrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥ ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing¹ kau⁴ jan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīngqiúrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥ ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: singcióurén
    • Wade–Giles: hsing¹-chʻiu²-jên²
    • Yale: syīng-chyóu-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shingchyouren
    • Palladius: синцюжэнь (sincjužɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing¹ kau⁴ jan⁴
    • Yale: sīng kàuh yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing¹ kau⁴ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing¹ keo⁴ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ⁵⁵ kʰɐu̯²¹ jɐn²¹/

Etymology 1

		spherical celestial body	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (星球人)		星球	人

Noun

星球人

1. (literally) alien

Synonyms

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• 外星人 (wàixīngrén)
• 太空人 (tàikōngrén)
• 宇宙人 (yǔzhòurén)

Etymology 2

		Short for 星期 (xīngqī, “week”).	one million dollars	person
simp. and trad. (星球人)		星	球	人

Redefinition based on Etymology 1.

Noun

星球人

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) a person that makes over one million a week

See also

• 月球人