名人

Chinese

		name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place	man; person; people
trad. (名人)		名	人
simp. ^#(名人)		名	人
anagram		人名

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): míngrén

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ jan⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): miàng-ngìn
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bêng-lîn / bêng-jîn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: míngrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: míngrén
  - Wade–Giles: ming²-jên²
  - Yale: míng-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingren
  - Palladius: минжэнь (minžɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ ʐən³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ming⁴ jan⁴
  - Yale: mìhng yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ yen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ jɐn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: miàng-ngìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: miangˇ nginˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: miang² ngin²
  - Sinological IPA: /mi̯aŋ¹¹ ŋin¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-lîn
  - Tâi-lô: bîng-lîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bengliin
  - IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-jîn
  - Tâi-lô: bîng-jîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bengjiin
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ¹³⁻²² d͡zin¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ²³⁻³³ zin²³/

Noun

名人

well-known person; celebrity; figure
名人代言 ― míngrén dàiyán ― celebrity endorsement

社會名人／社会名人 ― shèhuì míngrén ― public figure

歷史名人／历史名人 ― lìshǐ míngrén ― historical figure

Synonyms

公眾人物／公众人物 (gōngzhòng rénwù)
名流 (míngliú) (formal)
大牌 (dàpái) (figurative)
明星 (míngxīng) (star)
知名人士 (zhīmíng rénshì)

Derived terms

名人效應／名人效应 (míngrén xiàoyìng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
名	人
めい Grade: 1	じん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) めーじん [mèéjíꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
IPA^(key): [me̞ːʑĩɴ]

Noun

名(めい)人(じん) • (meijin)

a master, an expert

Proper noun

名(めい)人(じん) • (Meijin)

(historical) a title held by the strongest go player in Japan
a Japanese go tournament, and the title conferred to its winner
a Japanese shogi tournament, and the title conferred to its winner

References

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

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
名	人

Noun

名人 • (myeong'in) (hangeul 명인)

Hanja form^? of 명인 (“expert; master”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
名	人

Noun

名人

chữ Hán form of danh nhân (“a renowned (typically deceased) individual who (has) made important contributions to humanity”).

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