恩人

Chinese

		kind act (from above)	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (恩人)		恩	人

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ēnrén

(Zhuyin): ㄣㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jan¹ jan⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ên-ngìn
Jin (Wiktionary): gheng¹ reng¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): un-lîn / un-jîn / in-jîn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ēnrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄣㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: enrén
  - Wade–Giles: ên¹-jên²
  - Yale: ēn-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: enren
  - Palladius: эньжэнь (enʹžɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀən⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jan¹ jan⁴
  - Yale: yān yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jan¹ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yen¹ yen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ên-ngìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: en^ˊ ngin^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: en¹ ngin²
  - Sinological IPA: /en²⁴ ŋin¹¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: gheng¹ reng¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɣəŋ¹¹ ʐəŋ¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: un-lîn
  - Tâi-lô: un-lîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: unliin
  - IPA (Xiamen, Singapore): /un⁴⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /un⁴⁴⁻³³ lin²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /un³³ lin²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: un-jîn
  - Tâi-lô: un-jîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: unjiin
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /un⁴⁴⁻³³ zin²³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: in-jîn
  - Tâi-lô: in-jîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: injiin
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /in⁴⁴⁻³³ zin²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /in⁴⁴⁻²² d͡zin¹³/

Noun

恩人

someone who is kind or helpful to someone else; benefactor; patron
學會感恩，善待恩人。 [MSC, trad.]
学会感恩，善待恩人。 [MSC, simp.]
Xuéhuì gǎn'ēn, shàndài ēnrén. [Pinyin]
Learn to be grateful, and be kind to those who help you.

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (恩人):

→ Japanese: 恩人(おんじん) (onjin)
→ Korean: 은인(恩人) (eunin)
→ Vietnamese: ân nhân (恩人)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
恩	人
おん Grade: 6	じん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おんじん [òńjíń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
(Tokyo) おんじん [òńjíꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [õ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑĩɴ]

Noun

恩(おん)人(じん) • (onjin)

benefactor (one who gives gifts or help)
- 1954, 坂口安吾, 曾我の暴れん坊:
  その大(おお)きい立派(りっぱ)なお方(かた)は命(いのち)の恩人(おんじん)。
  Sono ōkii rippa na o-kata wa inochi no onjin.
  That splendid gentleman saved my life.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
恩	人

Noun

恩人 • (eunin) (hangeul 은인)

hanja form^? of 은인 (“benefactor”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
恩	人

Noun

恩人

chữ Hán form of ân nhân (“benefactor”).

[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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