歹人

Chinese

		bad; wicked; evil	man; person; people
trad. (歹人)		歹	人
simp. #(歹人)		歹	人
alternative forms		歹儂／歹侬 Min Nan 否人 Min Nan

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): dǎirén

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄞˇ ㄖㄣˊ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): дэжын (deřɨn, II-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai² jan⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pháiⁿ-lâng / phái-lâng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎirén
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄞˇ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎirén
    • Wade–Giles: tai³-jên²
    • Yale: dǎi-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daeren
    • Palladius: дайжэнь (dajžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: дэжын (deřɨn, II-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɛ⁵¹ ʐəŋ²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai² jan⁴
    • Yale: dáai yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai² jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai² yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯³⁵ jɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pháiⁿ-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: pháinn-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phvaylaang
    • IPA (Penang): /pʰãi⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ laŋ²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /pʰãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰãi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phái-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: phái-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phaylaang
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /pʰai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Singapore): /pʰai⁴²⁻²⁴ laŋ²⁴/

Noun

歹人

1. bad person; villain

   • 這樣就可以作你們天父的兒子；因為他叫日頭照好人，也照歹人；降雨給義人，也給不義的人。 [MSC, trad.]
     这样就可以作你们天父的儿子；因为他叫日头照好人，也照歹人；降雨给义人，也给不义的人。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 新標點和合本 (Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation), 馬太福音 (Matthew) 5:45

     Zhèyàng jiù kěyǐ zuò nǐmen Tiānfù de érzi; yīnwèi tā jiào rìtou zhào hǎorén, yě zhào dǎirén; jiàngyǔ gěi yìrén, yě gěi bùyì de rén. [Pinyin]

     That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

   • 差點就讓這四個歹人搶去了，還你吧！ [MSC, trad.]
     差点就让这四个歹人抢去了，还你吧！ [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2015 August 22, 贺清华 (He Qinghua), 《暗镖》, in 《故事会》, →ISSN, issue 590, page 64

     Chādiǎn jiù ràng zhè sì ge dǎirén qiǎngqù le, hái nǐ ba! [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

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• 兇徒 / 凶徒 (xiōngtú)
• 壞人 / 坏人 (huàirén)
• 壞人子 / 坏人子 (fai⁵ ren² zr) (Xiang)
• 壞分子 / 坏分子 (huàifènzǐ)
• 壞蛋 / 坏蛋 (huàidàn) (derogatory)
• 姦人 / 奸人 (jiānrén)
• 孬人 (mo² nang⁵) (Teochew)
• 宄 (guǐ) (literary)
• 惡人 / 恶人 (èrén)
• 惡徒 / 恶徒 (ètú)
• 拐家伙 (guai³ jia¹ ho) (Xiang)
• 歹囝 (Hokkien)
• 歹徒 (dǎitú)
• 海賊 / 海贼 (hāi-*chĕk) (Eastern Min)
• 衰人 (seoi¹ jan⁴) (Cantonese)

References

• “Entry #829”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.