行人

Chinese

		to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (行人)		行	人
anagram		人行

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xíngrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hang⁴ jan⁴
• Eastern Min (BUC): hèng-ìng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hêng-lîn / hêng-jîn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gian⁵ nang⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xíngrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: síngrén
    • Wade–Giles: hsing²-jên²
    • Yale: syíng-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyngren
    • Palladius: синжэнь (sinžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ³⁵ ʐən³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hang⁴ jan⁴
    • Yale: hàhng yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hang⁴ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: heng⁴ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐŋ²¹ jɐn²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hèng-ìng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɛiŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^(Ø-)ŋiŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hêng-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: hîng-lîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hengliin
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /hiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hêng-jîn
    • Tâi-lô: hîng-jîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hengjiin
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɪŋ²³⁻³³ zin²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪŋ¹³⁻²² d͡zin¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gian⁵ nang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kiâⁿ nâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kĩã⁵⁵⁻¹¹ naŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

行人

1. one who walks; pedestrian; foot passenger; passerby

   注意行人。  ―  Zhùyì xíngrén.  ―  Watch for pedestrians.

2. (literary) traveller on foot, or person who goes out to battle (i.e. one who goes on a military expedition)

   • 車轔轔，馬蕭蕭，行人弓箭各在腰。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     车辚辚，马萧萧，行人弓箭各在腰。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 杜甫 (Du Fu) (712-770), 兵車行 (The Army Wagons: A Ballad); translated by Stephen Owen

     Chē línlín, mǎ xiāoxiāo, xíngrén gōngjiàn gè zài yāo. [Pinyin]

     Wagons rattling,
     horses neighing,
     men walking, each with bow and arrows at the waist.

3. (historical) envoy; messenger
4. (historical) official responsible for arranging audiences with the emperor
5. (obsolete) matchmaker

Synonyms

• (pedestrian): 步行者 (bùxíngzhě); 行者 (xíngzhě)

Derived terms

• 大行人
• 行人天橋 / 行人天桥
• 行人徑 / 行人径 (xíngrénjìng)
• 行人穿越道 (xíngrén chuānyuèdào)
• 行人路
• 行人道 (xíngréndào)
• 路上行人口似碑

 

Proper noun

行人

1. a surname

Pronunciation 2

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haang⁴ jan⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haang⁴ jan⁴
    • Yale: hàahng yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haang⁴ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hang⁴ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːŋ²¹ jɐn²¹/

Verb

行人

1. (Cantonese) to go away

Synonyms

• (depart): 走人 (zǒurén), 走佬, 鬆人／松人