西人

Chinese

		west	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (西人)		西	人

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xīrén

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ jan⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): se-jîn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xīrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sirén
  - Wade–Giles: hsi¹-jên²
  - Yale: syī-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiren
  - Palladius: сижэнь (sižɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    昔人
    西人
    錫人／锡人
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sai¹ jan⁴
  - Yale: sāi yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ yen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se-jîn
  - Tâi-lô: se-jîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sejiin
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ zin²³/

Noun

西人

Westerner

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 西方人 (“Westerner; Caucasian”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		西方人, 西洋人, 洋人, 白人, 白種人
Mandarin	Beijing	老外, 毛子
	Taiwan	洋人, 西洋人, 白人, 老外
	Jinan	洋人, 洋鬼子
	Wanrong	洋人
	Xi'an	洋人
	Lanzhou	洋人
	Wuhan	洋人, 高鼻子
	Liuzhou	番鬼佬
	Nanjing	洋鬼子
	Singapore	洋人, 外國佬
Cantonese	Guangzhou	西人, 老西, 老番, 鬼佬, 番鬼佬, 鬼子佬, 紅毛頭, 紅毛 dated, 紅毛鬼 dated
	Hong Kong	西人, 白人, 鬼佬, 番鬼佬, 老番 dated, 紅毛鬼 dated, 白鬼 dated
	Macau	鬼佬
	Taishan	老番, 番鬼佬
	Kaiping (Chikan)	老番, 番鬼, 番鬼佬, 紅毛
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	鬼佬
	Singapore (Guangfu)	鬼佬
Gan	Nanchang	洋人
	Lichuan	洋人
	Pingxiang	洋人
Hakka	Meixian	番人, 番鬼仔
	Yudu	洋人
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	洋人, 西洋人, 阿啄仔, 鉤鼻仔, 紅毛番
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	洋人, 西洋人, 阿啄仔, 鉤鼻仔, 紅毛番
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	洋人, 西洋人, 阿啄仔, 鉤鼻仔, 紅毛番
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	洋人, 西洋人, 鉤鼻公, 紅毛番
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	洋人, 西洋人, 阿啄仔, 鉤鼻仔, 紅毛番
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	西洋人, 紅毛番
Southern Min	Xiamen	番仔, 阿啄仔, 紅毛番, 𧺤毛的, 番仔鬼
	Quanzhou	番仔, 紅毛番, 𧺤毛的
	Zhangzhou	番仔, 紅毛番, 𧺤毛的
	Kaohsiung	紅毛仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	阿啄仔
	Taichung	啄鼻仔
	Taichung (Wuqi)	阿啄仔
	Tainan	西洋儂, 阿啄仔, 啄鼻仔
	Taitung	阿啄仔
	Penang (Hokkien)	紅毛, 紅毛猴
	Singapore (Hokkien)	紅毛, 紅毛儂, 紅毛猴
	Manila (Hokkien)	西方人, 西洋儂, 白種人, 化人 dated
	Shantou	番儂, 紅毛囝, 番囝
	Jieyang	紅毛, 紅毛囝, 紅毛鬼
	Singapore (Teochew)	紅毛, 紅毛儂
	Leizhou	鉤鼻鬼
	Haikou	番鬼, 紅毛, 高鼻綠目, 高鼻塌目
Wu	Shanghai	洋人
Wu	Wenzhou	番人, 高鼻頭
Xiang	Changsha	紅毛洋人, 洋人子, 洋人

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (西人):

→ Japanese: 西人(せいじん) (seijin)
→ Korean: 서인(西人) (seoin)

Proper noun

西人

(historical) a political faction in the Korean court which emerged in a dispute over the appropriate powers of royal in-laws in the 1570s, and which held power for most of the seventeenth century
- 上以西人為枉，南人為直，故夏鎭進說於上，請日日錯西人一人，舉南人一人 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]
  From: 《朝鮮王朝實錄》 (Joseon Veritable Records), 1675
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Korean

Hanja in this term
西	人

Noun

西人 • (seoin) (hangeul 서인)

Hanja form^? of 서인 (“Westerner (rare); political faction (historical)”).

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