令人

Chinese

		make or cause to be; order; command make or cause to be; order; command; decree; honourable	man; person; people
trad. (令人)		令	人
simp. ^#(令人)		令	人

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lìngrén

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁶ jan⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lin-ngìn
Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): lêng⁶ nang⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lìngrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lìngrén
  - Wade–Giles: ling⁴-jên²
  - Yale: lìng-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linqren
  - Palladius: линжэнь (linžɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ling⁶ jan⁴
  - Yale: lihng yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁶ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ling⁶ yen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²² jɐn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lin-ngìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: lin nginˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lin⁴ ngin²
  - Sinological IPA: /lin⁵⁵ ŋin¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: lêng⁶ nang⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lĕng nâng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /leŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ naŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

令人

good person; kindhearted person
bailiff of feudal yamen
(historical) title given to a noblewoman (命婦／命妇)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (令人):

→ Japanese: 令人(れいじん) (reijin)
→ Korean: 령인(令人) (ryeong'in), 영인(令人) (yeong'in)

Verb

令人

to make one; to cause people (put before a noun or adjective to create a description); to set people (to do something)
令人印象深刻 ― lìngrén yìnxiàng shēnkè ― impressive (lit. to make one's impression deep)

令人討厭／令人讨厌 ― lìngrén tǎoyàn ― irritating (lit. to make one annoyed)

令人厭煩／令人厌烦 ― lìngrén yànfán ― bore one to tears (lit. to make one bored)

令人噴飯／令人喷饭 ― lìngrén pēnfàn ― side-splittingly funny (lit. to make one spray out food)

一部令人暖心的電影 [MSC, trad.]
一部令人暖心的电影 [MSC, simp.]
yībù lìngrén nuǎnxīn de diànyǐng [Pinyin]
a heart-warming movie
- “Entry #6484”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.
  令人發笑歡樂的事物。 [MSC, trad.]
  令人发笑欢乐的事物。 [MSC, simp.]
  Lìngrén fāxiào huānyuè de shìwù. [Pinyin]
  Something joyous that makes one laugh.
to send someone

Synonyms

(to make one): 發人／发人 (fārén), 使人 (shǐrén)

Derived terms

令人咋舌 (lìngrénzéshé)
令人髮指／令人发指 (lìngrénfàzhǐ)

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