人設

Chinese

		man; person; people	to set up; to arrange; to establish to set up; to arrange; to establish; to found; to display
trad. (人設)		人	設
simp. (人设)		人	设

Etymology

Short for 人物設定／人物设定 (rénwù shèdìng), from Japanese 人物設定.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rénshè

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ cit³
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): nang⁵ siêg⁴ / nang⁵ siag⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rénshè
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rénshè
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-shê⁴
    • Yale: rén-shè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rensheh
    • Palladius: жэньшэ (žɛnʹšɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ ʂɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ cit³
    • Yale: yàhn chit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ tsit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ qid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ t͡sʰiːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: nang⁵ siêg⁴ / nang⁵ siag⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nâng siek / nâng siak
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ siek̚²/, /naŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ siak̚²/

Note:

• nang5 siêg4 - Chaozhou;
• nang5 siag4 - Shantou.

Noun

人設

1. (fiction) in-universe profile of a fictional character
2. (neologism) designed personality (of a person); good public image (of someone); public persona

   人設崩塌／人设崩塌  ―  rénshè bēngtā  ―  the “collapse” of one's good image