無人

See also: 无人

Chinese

not have man; person; people
trad. (無人)
simp. (无人)

Pronunciation


Adjective

無人

  1. (attributive) devoid of people
    吻別無人 [MSC, trad.]
    吻别无人 [MSC, simp.]
    From: 1993, 張學友 (lyricist 何啟弘), 吻別
    wǒ hé nǐ wěnbié zài wúrén de jiē [Pinyin]
    And so I kiss you goodbye in an empty street
  2. (attributive) depopulated
  3. (attributive) unmanned; self-service

Verb

無人

  1. (literary) there is nobody; to lack someone
  2. (literary) there is a lack of talent

Derived terms


Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
にん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Adjectival noun

無人 (-na inflection, hiragana ぶにん, rōmaji bunin)

  1. shorthanded, lack of help
    • 1920-1935, Shūsei Tokuda, 闇の花 (p. 134, in 徳田秋聲全集):
      「この (なつ)はどこへもいらっしゃらなかったんですか」「え、 (いえ) () (にん)なものですから」
      “kono natsu wa doko e mo irasshara nakattan desu ka” “e, ie ga bunin na mono desu kara”
      Didn't you travel anywhere this summer? Certainly, since our household is shorthanded.
  2. uninhabited, unmanned
Inflection
Derived terms
  •  () (にん) (がん) (buningan, boninite)

Noun

無人 (hiragana ぶにん, rōmaji bunin)

  1. being shorthanded
  2. being uninhabited

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
じん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Adjectival noun

無人 (-na inflection, hiragana むじん, rōmaji mujin)

  1. Same as above.
Derived terms
Inflection

Noun

無人 (hiragana むじん, rōmaji mujin)

  1. Same as above.

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
にん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Adjectival noun

無人 (-na inflection, hiragana むにん, rōmaji munin)

  1. Same as above.
Inflection

Noun

無人 (hiragana むにん, rōmaji munin)

  1. Same as above.
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