人物

Chinese
man; person; people thing; object; matter
simp. and trad.
(人物)		 人 物

Pronunciation

Noun

人物

  1. figure; personage
    歷史人物／历史人物  ―  lìshǐ rénwù  ―  historical figure
    神秘人物  ―  shénmì rénwù  ―  mysterious figure
    神話人物／神话人物  ―  shénhuà rénwù  ―  mythological figure
    焦點人物／焦点人物  ―  jiāodiǎn rénwù  ―  central figure
  2. character (in a story)
    主要人物  ―  zhǔyào rénwù  ―  main character
  3. personnel
    內部人物／内部人物  ―  nèibù rénwù  ―  internal personnel
  4. (art) figure painting; painting of a person; portrait
  5. (Classical) demeanour
  6. (Classical) people and things

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (人物):

Japanese
Kanji in this term
人 物
じん
Grade: 1		 ぶつ
Grade: 3
kan’on

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) じ​んぶつ [jíꜜǹbùtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [d͡ʑĩmbɯ̟ᵝt͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

人(じん)物(ぶつ) • (jinbutsu) 

  1. person, figure, personage
  2. someone's character

References
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
人物

Noun

人物 • (inmul) (hangeul 인물)

  1. Hanja form? of 인물 (“figure”).

Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term
人物

Noun

人物

  1. chữ Hán form of nhân vật (“figure”).
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