故人

Chinese

		happening; instance; reason happening; instance; reason; cause; deceased; old	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (故人)		故	人

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gùrén

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˋ ㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gu³ jan⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: gùrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˋ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guhren
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gùrén
  - IPA ^(key): /ku⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gu³ jan⁴
  - Yale: gu yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gu³ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: gu³ yen⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /kuː³³ jɐn²¹/

Noun

故人

(literary) old friend
(literary) former wife
(literary) the dead; the deceased; the departed

Synonyms

(the dead): 死人 (sǐrén), 死者 (sǐzhě), 逝者 (shìzhě), 亡者 (wángzhě), 往生者; (Min Nan) 聖人／圣人 (shèngrén)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
故	人
こ Grade: 5	じん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

故人 (hiragana こじん, rōmaji kojin)

a deceased person
an old friend; a friend from the past

Synonyms

(deceased person): See Thesaurus:死人
(old friend): 旧友 (きゅうゆう) (kyūyū)

Korean

Hanja in this term
故	人

Noun

故人 • (goin) (hangeul 고인)

Hanja form^? of 고인 (“deceased”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
故	人

Noun

故人

Hán tự form of cố nhân (“old friend”).

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