人脈

Chinese

		man; person; people	mountain range; pulse
trad. (人脈)		人	脈
simp. (人脉)		人	脉
Literally: “veins/vessels of people”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rénmài

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄇㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ mak⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rénmài
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄇㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rénmài
  - Wade–Giles: jên²-mai⁴
  - Yale: rén-mài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renmay
  - Palladius: жэньмай (žɛnʹmaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ maɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jan⁴ mak⁶
  - Yale: yàhn mahk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ mak⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ meg⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ mɐk̚²/

Noun

人脈

connections (people with whom one is acquainted who can offer help and influence); contacts
積累人脈／积累人脉 ― jīlěi rénmài ― to accumulate contacts

Synonyms

資源／资源 (zīyuán) (euphemistic)
路子 (lùzi)
路數／路数 (lùshù)
門道／门道 (méndao)
關係／关系

Japanese

Kanji in this term
人	脈
じん Grade: 1	みゃく Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じんみゃく [jìńmyákú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑĩmʲːa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

人(じん)脈(みゃく) • (jinmyaku)

connections (people with whom one is acquainted who can offer help and influence); contacts

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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