用人

Chinese

Etymology 1

		to use	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (用人)		用	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yòngrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄥˋ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jung⁶ jan⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iōng-lîn / iōng-lâng / ēng-lâng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yòngrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˋ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yòngrén
    • Wade–Giles: yung⁴-jên²
    • Yale: yùng-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yonqren
    • Palladius: юнжэнь (junžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jung⁶ jan⁴
    • Yale: yuhng yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jung⁶ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yung⁶ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²² jɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iōng-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: iōng-lîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ioxngliin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɔŋ²²⁻²¹ lin²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² lin²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iōng-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: iōng-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ioxnglaang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɔŋ²²⁻²¹ laŋ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ēng-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: īng-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: exnglaang
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɪŋ²²⁻²¹ laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɪŋ⁴¹⁻²² laŋ²⁴/

Verb

用人

1. to select people for employment; to employ or manage people
2. to be short of staff; to be in need of manpower
3. to manipulate for one's own benefit

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 用人 – see 傭人 (“servant”). (This term is a variant form of 傭人).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
用	人
よう Grade: 2	にん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jo̞ːɲ̟ĩɴ]

Noun

用(よう)人(にん) • (yōnin) 

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