穴居人

Chinese

		to live in caves	man; person; people
trad. (穴居人)		穴居	人
simp. #(穴居人)		穴居	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuéjūrén, xuèjūrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄐㄩ ㄖㄣˊ, ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄐㄩ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyut⁶ geoi¹ jan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuéjūrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄐㄩ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuéjyurén
    • Wade–Giles: hsüeh²-chü¹-jên²
    • Yale: sywé-jyū-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuejiuren
    • Palladius: сюэцзюйжэнь (sjueczjujžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ t͡ɕy⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuèjūrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄐㄩ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuèjyurén
    • Wade–Giles: hsüeh⁴-chü¹-jên²
    • Yale: sywè-jyū-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuehjiuren
    • Palladius: сюэцзюйжэнь (sjueczjujžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹ t͡ɕy⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyut⁶ geoi¹ jan⁴
    • Yale: yuht gēui yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyt⁹ goey¹ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yud⁶ gêu¹ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːt̚² kɵy̯⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/

Noun

穴居人

1. cave dweller; troglodyte

Japanese

Kanji in this term
穴	居	人
けつ > けっ Grade: 6	きょ Grade: 5	じん Grade: 1
kan'on

Etymology

By surface analysis, 穴 (ketsu, “hole”) +‎ 居 (kyo, “live, reside”) +‎ 人 (jin, “person”), literally “hole-dwelling person”. Maybe Middle Chinese. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

穴(けっ)居(きょ)人(じん) • (kekkyojin) 

1. caveman; troglodyte