討人

Chinese

		ask for; send punitive expedition; to demand ask for; send punitive expedition; to demand; to marry	man; person; people
trad. (討人)		討	人
simp. (讨人)		讨	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tǎorén

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou² jan⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thó-lâng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tǎorén
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tǎorén
    • Wade–Giles: tʻao³-jên²
    • Yale: tǎu-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taoren
    • Palladius: таожэнь (taožɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou² jan⁴
    • Yale: tóu yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou² jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou² yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯³⁵ jɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thó-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: thó-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: toylaang
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰo⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²³/

Verb

討人

1. to consult a person; to ask for advice from a person
2. to demand a person

Noun

討人

1. (historical)​ girl or woman trafficked into a brothel to work as a prostitute