怪人

Chinese

		queer; to blame	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (怪人)		怪	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guàirén

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄞˋ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaai³ jan⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): koài-jîn / koài-lîn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): guai³ nang⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guàirén
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄞˋ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guàirén
    • Wade–Giles: kuai⁴-jên²
    • Yale: gwài-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guayren
    • Palladius: гуайжэнь (guajžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwaai³ jan⁴
    • Yale: gwaai yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwaai³ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: guai³ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaːi̯³³ jɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koài-jîn
    • Tâi-lô: kuài-jîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koaejiin
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuai²¹⁻⁵³ d͡zin¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuai²¹⁻⁴¹ zin²³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koài-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: kuài-lîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koaeliin
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kuai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lin²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kuai²¹⁻⁵³ lin²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kuai¹¹⁻⁵³ lin²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: guai³ nang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuài nâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuai²¹³⁻⁵⁵ naŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

怪人

1. eccentric individual; strange person; odd man

Synonyms

• (literary) 奇人 (qírén)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
怪	人
かい Grade: S	じん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かいじん [kàíꜜjìǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠iʑĩɴ]

Noun

怪(かい)人(じん) • (kaijin) ^{←くわいじん (kwaizin)?}

1. (literal) strange or mysterious person
2. (science fiction) distorted human being or humanoid creature, such as a freak or a mutant
   1. (specifically, tokusatsu) a supervillain, often being biologically- or genetically-modified by the antagonist camp

See also

• 怪獣(かいじゅう) (kaijū)