「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.) 香hoeng1港gong2有jau5七cat1百baak3萬maan6人jan4。
    (Eng.) There are seven million people in Hong Kong.
    (Cant.) 有jau5個go3人jan4想soeng2見gin3你nei5。
    (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 jan4公gung1正zing3
    (Eng.) to be upright in character
    (Cant.) 佢keoi5份人fan6 jan4好hou2好hou2㗎gaa3。
    (Eng.) He's a really nice person.

  • everybody
    (Cant.) 人jan4所so2共gung6知zi1
    (Eng.) to be known by everybody
    (Cant.) 係hai6人jan4都dou1知zi1道dou3你nei5鍾zung1意ji3佢keoi5。
    (Eng.) Everyone knows you love her.

  • (some) people; others; somebody
    (Cant.) 請人ceng2 jan4
    (Eng.) to hire; to employ
    (Cant.) 我ngo5想soeng2揾wan2人jan4幫bong1手sau2。
    (Eng.) I need help (from some other people).
    (Cant.) 唔m4好hou2阻zo2住zyu6人jan4。
    (Eng.) Don't obstruct others.
    (Cant.) 我ngo5做zou6緊gan2三saam1份fan6秘bei3撈lou1,俾bei2人jan4發faat3現jin6就zau6大daai6鑊wok6。
    (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.) 留lau4得dak1住zyu6佢keoi5個go3人jan4,留lau4唔m4住zyu6佢keoi5個go3心sam1。
    (Eng.) Even he stays, his heart isn't in it.

See also: 人們 人氣 丁 個性 骨頭 人格 格 份人 眾人 各位
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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.) 有jau5個go3人jan2想soeng2見gin3你nei5。
    (Eng.) Someone wants to see you.
    (Cant.) 班baan1人jan2都dou1離lei4晒saai3譜pou2㗎gaa3。
    (Eng.) These people are ridiculous.
    (Cant.) 認jing6住zyu6呢ni1兩loeng5個go3人jan2。
    (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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