「人」

Entry #1
Pronunciation: jan4
Part of Speech: noun
Explanation:
  • human being; person; people (measure word: 個)
    (Cant.) 香港人hoeng1 gong2 jan4
    (Eng.) Hong Kong people
    (Cant.) hoeng1gong2jau5cat1baak3maan6jan4
    (Eng.) There are seven million people in Hong Kong.
    (Cant.) jau5go3jan4soeng2gin3nei5
    (Eng.) Someone wants to see you.

  • personality (measure word: 份)
    (Cant.) 好人事hou2 jan4 si2
    (Eng.) pleasant; easy to get along with
    (Cant.) 為人wai4 jan4gung1zing3
    (Eng.) to be upright in character
    (Cant.) keoi5份人fan6 jan4hou2hou2gaa3
    (Eng.) He's a really nice person.

  • everybody
    (Cant.) jan4so2gung6zi1
    (Eng.) to be known by everybody
    (Cant.) hai6jan4dou1zi1dou3nei5zung1ji3keoi5
    (Eng.) Everyone knows you love her.

  • (some) people; others; somebody
    (Cant.) 請人ceng2 jan4
    (Eng.) to hire; to employ
    (Cant.) ngo5soeng2wan2jan4bong1sau2
    (Eng.) I need help (from some other people).
    (Cant.) m4hou2zo2zyu6jan4
    (Eng.) Don't obstruct others.
    (Cant.) ngo5zou6gan2saam1fan6bei3lou1bei2jan4faat3jin6zau6daai6wok6
    (Eng.) I'm taking three freelance jobs in addition to my regular job. I'll be doomed if somebody finds it out.

  • body of a person
    (Cant.) 人靚聲甜jan4 leng3 seng1 tim4
    (Eng.) pretty and having a sweet voice
    (Cant.) lau4dak1zyu6keoi5go3jan4lau4m4zyu6keoi5go3sam1
    (Eng.) Even he stays, his heart isn't in it.

See also: 人氣 百姓 啲人 民 份人 私家 性格 私人 各位 眾人 旁人 他人
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「人」

Entry #2
Pronunciation: jan2
Part of Speech: noun
Explanation:
  • another pronunciation when in collocations with classifiers usually for a specific reference, meaning the same with jan4 (measure word: 個)
    (Cant.) 一個人jat1 go3 jan2
    (Eng.) alone; oneself; on one's own; literally: one person
    (Cant.) jau5go3jan2soeng2gin3nei5
    (Eng.) Someone wants to see you.
    (Cant.) baan1jan2dou1lei4saai3pou2gaa3
    (Eng.) These people are ridiculous.
    (Cant.) jing6zyu6ni1loeng5go3jan2
    (Eng.) Remember these two people.

  • reading usually as the final character in some words
    (Cant.) 男人naam4 jan2
    (Eng.) man
    (Cant.) 女人neoi5 jan2
    (Eng.) woman
    (Cant.) 主人zyu2 jan2
    (Eng.) master
    (Cant.) 媒人mui4 jan2
    (Eng.) matchmaker
    (Cant.) 中間人zung1 gaan1 jan2
    (Eng.) middle-man; intermediary
    (Cant.) 醜人cau2 jan2
    (Eng.) the bad guy
    (Cant.) 熊人hung4 jan2
    (Eng.) bear
    (Cant.) 打小人daa2 siu2 jan2
    (Eng.) a form of sympathetic magic, particularly popular at the Spring solstice
    (Cant.) 企人邊kei5 jan2 bin1
    (Eng.) semantic symbol for the radical 人; literally: standing man side
    (Cant.) 單企人daan1 kei5 jan2
    (Eng.) semantic symbol for the radical 人; literally: single standing man
    (Cant.) 雙企人soeng1 kei5 jan2
    (Eng.) semantic symbol for the radical 彳; literally: double standing men

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「人」

Entry #3
Pronunciation: jan1
Part of Speech: morpheme
Explanation:
人's pronunciation in certain collocations
(Cant.) 捉伊人zuk1 ji1 jan1
(Eng.) hide-and-seek
(Cant.) 一個人jat1 go3 jan1
(Eng.) alone; oneself; on one's own; literally: one person
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