巨人

Chinese

		very large; huge; tremendous very large; huge; tremendous; gigantic	man; person; people
trad. (巨人)		巨	人
simp. #(巨人)		巨	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jùrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˋ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi⁶ jan⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ki-ngìn
• Eastern Min (BUC): gé̤ṳ-ìng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kū-lîn / kǐr-lîn / kī-jîn / kī-lâng / kū-lâng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jùrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˋ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyùrén
    • Wade–Giles: chü⁴-jên²
    • Yale: jyù-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuhren
    • Palladius: цзюйжэнь (czjujžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: geoi⁶ jan⁴
    • Yale: geuih yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goey⁶ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gêu⁶ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵy̯²² jɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ki-ngìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: gi nginˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gi⁴ ngin²
    • Sinological IPA: /ki⁵⁵ ŋin¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gé̤ṳ-ìng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ky²¹³⁻⁵⁵ iŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kū-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: kū-lîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuxliin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ku²²⁻²¹ lin²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kǐr-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: kǐr-lîn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɯ²² lin²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kī-jîn
    • Tâi-lô: kī-jîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kixjiin
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki²²⁻²¹ d͡zin¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kī-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: kī-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kixlaang
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki³³⁻²¹ laŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kū-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: kū-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuxlaang
    • IPA (Taipei): /ku³³⁻¹¹ laŋ²⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: gjoX nyin

Rime
Character	巨	人
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	其吕切	如鄰切
Baxter	gjoX	nyin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨʌX/	/ȵiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡiɔX/	/ȵin/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiɔX/	/ȵʑjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gɨə̆X/	/ȵin/
Li Rong	/ɡiɔX/	/ȵiĕn/
Wang Li	/ɡĭoX/	/ȵʑĭĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯woX/	/ȵʑi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jù	rén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	geoi6	jan4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaʔ  njin/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	人
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	rén
Middle Chinese	‹ nyin ›
Old Chinese	/*ni[ŋ]/
English	(other) person
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	巨	人
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	7047	10800
Phonetic component	巨	人
Rime group	魚	眞
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime		仁
Old Chinese	/*ɡaʔ/	/*njin/

Noun

巨人

1. giant

   站在巨人的肩膀上 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   zhàn zài jùrén de jiānbǎng shàng [Pinyin]

   to stand on the shoulders of giants

Derived terms

• 女巨人
• 巨人族
• 巨人柱 (jùrénzhù)
• 巨人症 (jùrénzhèng)
• 泥足巨人

 

Related terms

• 偉人／伟人 (wěirén)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (巨人):

• → Japanese: 巨人(きょじん) (kyojin)
• → Korean: 거인(巨人) (geoin)
• → Vietnamese: cự nhân (巨人)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
巨	人
きょ Grade: S	じん Grade: 1
kan'on

Etymology

Ultimately from Middle Chinese 巨人 (MC gjoX nyin).

The professional baseball team is an abbreviation of one of its original names, the 東京巨人軍 (Tōkyō Kyojin-gun, “Tokyo Giants”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きょじん [kyòjíń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kʲo̞ʑĩɴ]

Noun

巨(きょ)人(じん) • (kyojin) 

1. [early 1900s] a giant:
   1. (mythology) a human of very great size, titan

      進(しん)撃(げき)の巨(きょ)人(じん) ― Shingeki no Kyojin ― Attack on Titan (literally, “the Advancing Giants”)

   2. a very tall person

      Synonyms: 大男 (ōotoko), 巨漢 (kyokan)

      Antonym: 小人 (kobito)

   3. a person of extraordinary strength or power, bodily or intellectual

      Synonym: 偉人 (ijin)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 巨(きょ)人(じん)症(しょう) (kyojinshō, “gigantism”)
• 巨(きょ)人(じん)説(せつ)話(わ) (kyojin setsuwa)
• 巨(きょ)人(じん)大(たい)鵬(ほう)卵(たまご)焼(や)き (kyojin taihō tamagoyaki)
• 巨(きょ)人(じん)伝(でん)説(せつ) (kyojin densetsu)

Idioms

• 小(ちい)さな巨(きょ)人(じん) (chīsana kyojin, “small giant → someone who has a small physique but having a great talent”)

See also

• ジャイアント (jaianto)

Proper noun

巨(きょ)人(じん) • (Kyojin) 

1. (baseball, colloquial) Synonym of 読売ジャイアンツ (Yomiuri Jaiantsu): the Yomiuri Giants

Korean

Hanja in this term
巨	人

Noun

巨人 • (geoin) (hangeul 거인)

1. hanja form^? of 거인 (“giant”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
巨	人

Noun

巨人

1. chữ Hán form of cự nhân (“giant”).