私人

Chinese

		personal; private; selfish	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (私人)		私	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sīrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄙ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ jan⁴

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̂-ngìn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): su-lîn / sir-lîn / su-jîn / si-lîn / su-lâng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sīrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄙ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sihrén
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ¹-jên²
    • Yale: sz̄-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syren
    • Palladius: сыжэнь (syžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 私人 斯人

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: si¹ jan⁴
    • Yale: sī yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 私人 詩人 / 诗人

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̂-ngìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii^ˊ ngin^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si¹ ngin²
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨ²⁴ ŋin¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: su-lîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suliin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /su⁴⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ lin²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sir-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: sir-lîn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ³³ lin²⁴/
    • IPA (Singapore): /sɯ⁴⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-jîn
    • Tâi-lô: su-jîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sujiin
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /su⁴⁴⁻²² d͡zin¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ zin²³/
  • (Hokkien: Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: si-lîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siliin
    • IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /si³³ lin²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: su-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sulaang
    • IPA (Taipei): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ laŋ²³/

Adjective

私人

1. (attributive) private (as opposed to public); personal

   私人財產／私人财产  ―  sīrén cáichǎn  ―  private property

   私人物品  ―  sīrén wùpǐn  ―  personal belongings

   私人恩怨  ―  sīrén ēnyuàn  ―  personal animosity

   私人交往  ―  sīrén jiāowǎng  ―  private contact

   侵入某人的私人空間 [MSC, trad.]
   侵入某人的私人空间 [MSC, simp.]

   qīnrù mǒurén de sīrén kōngjiān [Pinyin]

   to invade someone's personal space

2. concerning one's private life; personal

   這個問題太私人了。 [MSC, trad.]
   这个问题太私人了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhège wèntí tài sīrén le. [Pinyin]

   This question is too personal.

3. (slang, humorous, sarcastic, euphemistic) A homophone for 死人 (sǐrén), used to describe overused and irritating sound effects

Antonyms

• 公家 (gōngjiā)

See also

• 私立 (sīlì)

Noun

私人

1. personal friend or relative; confidant

Derived terms

• 私人教練 / 私人教练 (sīrén jiàoliàn)
• 私人條例草案 / 私人条例草案 (sīrén tiáolì cǎo'àn)
• 私人部門 / 私人部门 (sīrén bùmén)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
私	人
し Grade: 6	じん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

私(し)人(じん) • (shijin) 

1. private individual