人妖

Chinese

		man; person; people	goblin; witch; devil goblin; witch; devil; bewitching; enchanting; monster; phantom
trad. (人妖)		人	妖
simp. #(人妖)		人	妖
anagram		妖人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rényāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ jiu² / jan⁴ jiu¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): jîn-iau / lîn-iau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rényāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rényao
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-yao¹
    • Yale: rén-yāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: reniau
    • Palladius: жэньяо (žɛnʹjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ jiu² / jan⁴ jiu¹
    • Yale: yàhn yíu / yàhn yīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ jiu² / jan⁴ jiu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ yiu² / yen⁴ yiu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ jiːu̯³⁵/, /jɐn²¹ jiːu̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jîn-iau
    • Tâi-lô: jîn-iau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jin'iaw
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zin¹³⁻²² iau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zin²³⁻³³ iau⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-iau
    • Tâi-lô: lîn-iau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lin'iaw
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lin²⁴⁻²² iau³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lin²⁴⁻²² iau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lin²⁴⁻¹¹ iau⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: nyin 'jew

Rime
Character	人	妖
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)	宵 (92)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	如鄰切	於喬切
Baxter	nyin	'jew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiɪn/	/ʔˠiᴇu/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵin/	/ʔᵚiɛu/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑjen/	/ʔiæu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵin/	/ʔiaw/
Li Rong	/ȵiĕn/	/ʔjɛu/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭĕn/	/ĭɛu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯ĕn/	/ʔi̯ɛu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	rén	yāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jan4	jiu1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*njin  qrow/

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	人	妖
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	10800	14627
Phonetic component	人	夭
Rime group	眞	宵
Rime subdivision	1	3
Corresponding MC rime	仁	妖
Old Chinese	/*njin/	/*qrow/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 人妖

1. (Classical, derogatory) devil in human form; evil genius

   alt. forms: 人祅 (rényāo)

2. (derogatory) bad person

   • 識別人妖——目光如電！ [MSC, trad.]
     识别人妖——目光如电！ [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1976 October 10, 何玉锁 (He Yusuo), 《手捧金芒果　怀念毛主席》, in People's Daily, →ISSN

     Shíbié rényāo — mùguāng rú diàn! [Pinyin]

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   • 人妖和病魔 / 奪去了敬愛的周總理 [MSC, trad.]
     人妖和病魔 / 夺去了敬爱的周总理 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1977 January 5, (deprecated template usage) 张志民 (Zhang Zhimin), 《周总理呵，就在我们身旁！》, in People's Daily, →ISSN

     rényāo hé bìngmó  /  duóqù le jìng'ài de Zhōu zǒnglǐ [Pinyin]

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   • 許以高官厚禄，利誘他向人妖效忠，他不動！ [MSC, trad.]
     许以高官厚禄，利诱他向人妖效忠，他不动！ [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1978 January, Xu Chi, (deprecated template usage) 《哥德巴赫猜想》 [Goldbach's conjecture], in People's Literature, →ISSN

     Xǔ yǐ gāoguānhòulù, lìyòu tā xiàng rényāo xiàozhōng, tā bùdòng! [Pinyin]

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3. (derogatory) strange person

   • 人有生而白毛者，近人妖也。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: Ming Dynasty, (deprecated template usage) 謝肇淛, (deprecated template usage) 《五雜組》

     Rén yǒu shēng ér bái máo zhě, jìn rényāo yě. [Pinyin]

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   1. (derogatory, offensive) tranny (a transsexual, transgender, or transvestite person, usually a trans woman)

      泰國人妖／泰国人妖  ―  Tàiguó rényāo  ―  kathoey

      • 東陽女子婁逞變服詐為丈夫[…]此人妖也。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
        东阳女子娄逞变服诈为丈夫[…]此人妖也。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

        From: 659 CE, Li Dashi and Li Yanshou, History of the Southern Dynasties

        Dōngyáng nǚzǐ Lóu Chěng biànfú zhà wèi zhàngfū […] cǐ rényāo yě. [Pinyin]

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      • 還有外國低級下流的文藝團體表演的女子摔跤、肚皮舞、脫衣舞，甚至「人妖」（按：即男扮女裝的男色）亮相等，「極盡其挑逗、淫穢之能事」。 [MSC, trad.]
        还有外国低级下流的文艺团体表演的女子摔跤、肚皮舞、脱衣舞，甚至「人妖」（按：即男扮女装的男色）亮相等，「极尽其挑逗、淫秽之能事」。 [MSC, simp.]

        From: 1982 October 8, 傅君廉 (Fu Junlian), 《台湾社会问题一瞥》, in People's Daily, →ISSN

        Háiyǒu wàiguó dījí xiàliú de wényì tuántǐ biǎoyǎn de nǚzǐ shuāijiāo, dùpíwǔ, tuōyīwǔ, shènzhì “rényāo” (àn: jí nánbànnǚzhuāng de nánsè) liàngxiàng děng, “jíjìn qí tiǎodòu, yínhuì zhī néngshì”. [Pinyin]

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      • 但看著銘嚴肅的表情，她迅速甩開了牽著的手，站起來質問：「這樣也太惡心了，做男生挺好的，為什麼想不開做人妖啊？」 [MSC, trad.]
        但看着铭严肃的表情，她迅速甩开了牵着的手，站起来质问：「这样也太恶心了，做男生挺好的，为什么想不开做人妖啊？」 [MSC, simp.]

        From: 2020 March 12, gayspirt, 《从直男到酷儿：女装算是我的性别启蒙》, on Zhihu

        Dàn kàn zhe Míng yánsù de biǎoqíng, tā xùnsù shuǎikāi le qiān zhe de shǒu, zhàn qǐlái zhìwèn: “Zhèyàng yě tài ěxīn le, zuò nánshēng tǐng hǎo de, wèishénme xiǎngbùkāi zuò rényāo a?” [Pinyin]

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4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 人 (rén),‎ 妖 (yāo): human and monster