"奇人" meaning in All languages combined

See 奇人 on Wiktionary

Noun [Chinese]

IPA: /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ʐən³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /kʰei̯²¹ jɐn²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ʐən³⁵/, /kʰei̯²¹ jɐn²¹/ Chinese transliterations: qírén [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄑㄧˊ ㄖㄣˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], kei⁴ jan⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], qírén [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄑㄧˊ ㄖㄣˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], círén [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], chʻi²-jên² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], chí-rén [Mandarin, Yale, standard], chyiren [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], цижэнь [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], cižɛnʹ [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], kèih yàhn [Cantonese, Yale], kei⁴ jan⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], kéi⁴ yen⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 奇人
  1. (literary) rare talent Tags: literary Synonyms (rare talent): 奇才 (qícái)
    Sense id: en-奇人-zh-noun-lYLUja-l Disambiguation of 'rare talent': 95 5
  2. (literary) eccentric individual; strange person; odd man Tags: literary Synonyms (eccentric individual): 怪人 (guàirén)
    Sense id: en-奇人-zh-noun-kW9AlB6h Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, People Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 42 58 Disambiguation of People: 0 100 Disambiguation of 'eccentric individual': 2 98

Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [kʲiʑĩɴ] Forms: 奇人 [canonical] (ruby: (), (じん)), kijin [romanization]
Etymology: Likely from Middle Chinese compound 奇人 (MC gje nyin). Compare modern Chinese 奇人 (qírén). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=きじん}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|奇人|id=1,1}} 奇人 (MC gje nyin), {{cog|zh|-}} Chinese, {{zh-l|奇人}} 奇人 (qírén) Head templates: {{ja-noun|きじん}} 奇(き)人(じん) • (kijin)
  1. an eccentric, a strange or unusual person, someone who is quite a character Synonyms: 変人 (henjin) (ruby: 変人(へんじん)), 変わり者 (kawarimono) (ruby: (), (もの))
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      "word": "怪人"
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Download raw JSONL data for 奇人 meaning in All languages combined (4.2kB)

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