奇人

Chinese

		strange; odd; weird strange; odd; weird; wonderful; odd (Num)	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (奇人)		奇	人

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qírén

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ ㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kei⁴ jan⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: qírén
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyiren
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ʐən³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: kei⁴ jan⁴
  - Yale: kèih yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kei⁴ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: kéi⁴ yen⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯²¹ jɐn²¹/

Noun

奇人

(literary) extraordinary man; rare talent
(literary) odd man; eccentric

Japanese

Kanji in this term
奇	人
き Grade: S	じん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Alternative forms

畸人

Etymology

Likely from Middle Chinese compound 奇人 (MC ɡˠiᴇ ȵiɪn). Compare modern Chinese 奇人 (qírén).

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) きじん [kìjíń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA^(key): [kʲiʑĩɴ]

Noun

奇人 (hiragana きじん, rōmaji kijin)

an eccentric, a strange or unusual person, someone who is quite a character

Synonyms

変 (へん)人 (じん) (henjin)
変 (か)わり者 (もの) (kawarimono)

See also

奇人 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

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