非人

Chinese

		(be) not; wrong; blame (be) not; wrong; blame; Africa	man; person; people
trad. (非人)		非	人
simp. ^#(非人)		非	人

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fēirén

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄟㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fei¹ jan⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fēirén
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄟㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: feirén
  - Wade–Giles: fei¹-jên²
  - Yale: fēi-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feiren
  - Palladius: фэйжэнь (fɛjžɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fei¹ jan⁴
  - Yale: fēi yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fei¹ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: féi¹ yen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fei̯⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/

Noun

非人

wrong person
inhuman
bad man; ruffian; villain
unperson (especially in the sense of being stripped of humanity)

Adjective

非人

inhumane

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (非人):

→ Japanese: 非(ひ)人(にん) (hinin)
→ Korean: 비인(非人) (biin)
→ Vietnamese: phi nhân (非人)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
非	人
ひ Grade: 5	にん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [çiɲ̟ĩɴ]

Noun

非(ひ)人(にん) • (hinin)

(historical, vulgar) beggar, outcast, lowest-ranking caste of the Edo-period caste system (comprising ex-convicts and vagrants)

See also

穢(え)多(た) (eta)

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