近人

Chinese

		near; close (to); approximately	man; person; people
trad. (近人)		近	人
simp. #(近人)		近	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìnrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gan⁶ jan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìnrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìnrén
    • Wade–Giles: chin⁴-jên²
    • Yale: jìn-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinnren
    • Palladius: цзиньжэнь (czinʹžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gan⁶ jan⁴
    • Yale: gahn yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gan⁶ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gen⁶ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐn²² jɐn²¹/

Noun

近人

1. person of the near-modern times; person from a time that is not distant from the present
2. person close to oneself; person whom one is on intimate terms with