藝人

See also: 艺人

Chinese

		skill; art	man; person; people
trad. (藝人)		藝	人
simp. (艺人)		艺	人

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yìrén

(Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁶ jan⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): gē-jîn / gē-lîn / gē-lâng

(Teochew, Peng'im): ghoi⁷ ring⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yìrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yìrén
  - Wade–Giles: i⁴-jên²
  - Yale: yì-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihren
  - Palladius: ижэнь (ižɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    義人 / 义人
    藝人 / 艺人
    邑人
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngai⁶ jan⁴
  - Yale: ngaih yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁶ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngei⁶ yen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯²² jɐn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gē-jîn
  - Tâi-lô: gē-jîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gexjiin
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡe³³⁻²¹ zin²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡe²²⁻²¹ d͡zin¹³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gē-lîn
  - Tâi-lô: gē-lîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gexliin
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡe²²⁻²¹ lin²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡe⁴¹⁻²² lin²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡe³³⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gē-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: gē-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gexlaang
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡe³³⁻²¹ laŋ²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡe³³⁻¹¹ laŋ²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ghoi⁷ ring⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: gōi jîng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɡoi¹¹ d͡ziŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

藝人

actor; artisan; artist; performer
街頭藝人／街头艺人 ― jiētóu yìrén ― street performer

發生了大地震，大陸及港、澳、台三地藝人為了救災共襄盛舉，舉辦了多場演唱會。 [MSC, trad.]
发生了大地震，大陆及港、澳、台三地艺人为了救灾共襄盛举，举办了多场演唱会。 [MSC, simp.]
Fāshēng le dà dìzhèn, dàlù jí gǎng, ào, tái sān dì yìrén wèile jiùzāi gòngxiāngshèngjǔ, jǔbàn le duō chǎng yǎnchànghuì. [Pinyin]
After the major earthquake, artists from the Mainland, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan all worked together to perform several concerts to collect funds for disaster relief.
- 嘸管落雨天，或是風颱天，阮是跑江湖的藝人 [Hokkien, trad.]
  呒管落雨天，或是风台天，阮是跑江湖的艺人 [Hokkien, simp.]
  From: 1994, New Formosa Band, 鼓聲若響 (Kó͘-siaⁿ Nā Hiáng, "The Drumbeat")
  M̄-koán lo̍h-hō͘-thiⁿ, ia̍h-sī hong-thai-thiⁿ, gún sī cháu kang-ô͘ ê gē-lâng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  No matter it's a raining day, or it's a typhoon day, we're the wandering artists

Derived terms

搞笑藝人 / 搞笑艺人
街頭藝人 / 街头艺人 (jiētóu yìrén)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (藝人):

→ Japanese: 芸(げい)人(にん) (geinin)
→ Korean: 예인(藝人) (yein)
→ Vietnamese: nghệ nhân (藝人)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
藝	人
げい Jinmeiyō	にん Grade: 1
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 藝人 – see the following entry.

【芸人げいにん】

[noun] performer such as an actor or comedian

(This term, 藝人, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
藝	人

Noun

藝人 • (yein) (hangeul 예인)

hanja form^? of 예인 (“performer”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
藝	人

Noun

藝人

chữ Hán form of nghệ nhân (“artisan”).