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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qírén
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: círén
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi²-jên²
    • Yale: chí-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyiren
    • Palladius: цижэнь (cižɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ʐən³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kei⁴ jan⁴
    • Yale: kèih yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kei⁴ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kéi⁴ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯²¹ jɐn²¹/

Noun

奇人

1. (literary) rare talent
2. (literary) eccentric individual; strange person; odd man

Synonyms

• (rare talent): 奇才 (qícái)
• (eccentric individual): 怪人 (guàirén)

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 gje nyin). Compare modern Chinese 奇人 (qírén).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きじん [kìjíń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kʲiʑĩɴ]

Noun

奇(き)人(じん) • (kijin) 

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

Synonyms

• 変人(へんじん) (henjin)
• 変(か)わり者(もの) (kawarimono)

See also

• 奇人 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja

References

• Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN