令人

Chinese

		make or cause to be; order; command make or cause to be; order; command; decree; honourable	man; person; people
trad. (令人)		令	人
simp. #(令人)		令	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lìngrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁶ jan⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lin-ngìn
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): lêng⁶ nang⁵
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶lin-zen₆

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lìngrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lìngrén
    • Wade–Giles: ling⁴-jên²
    • Yale: lìng-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linqren
    • Palladius: линжэнь (linžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ling⁶ jan⁴
    • Yale: lihng yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁶ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁶ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²² jɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lin-ngìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: lin ngin^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lin⁴ ngin²
    • Sinological IPA: /lin⁵⁵ ŋin¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lêng⁶ nang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lĕng nâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ naŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶lin-zen₆
    • MiniDict: lin^去 zen^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lin-zen₃
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lin²² zən⁴⁴/

Noun

令人

1. good person; kindhearted person
2. bailiff of feudal yamen
3. (historical) title given to a noblewoman (命婦／命妇)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (令人):

• → Japanese: 令人(れいじん) (reijin)
• → Korean: 령인(令人) (ryeong'in), 영인(令人) (yeong'in)

Verb

令人

1. to make one; to cause people (put before a noun or adjective to create a description); to set people (to do something)

   令人印象深刻  ―  lìngrén yìnxiàng shēnkè  ―  impressive (lit. to make one's impression deep)

   令人討厭／令人讨厌  ―  lìngrén tǎoyàn  ―  irritating (lit. to make one annoyed)

   令人厭煩／令人厌烦  ―  lìngrén yànfán  ―  bore one to tears (lit. to make one bored)

   令人噴飯／令人喷饭  ―  lìngrén pēnfàn  ―  side-splittingly funny (lit. to make one spray out food)

   一部令人暖心的電影 [MSC, trad.]
   一部令人暖心的电影 [MSC, simp.]

   yībù lìngrén nuǎnxīn de diànyǐng [Pinyin]

   a heart-warming movie

   • “Entry #6484”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

     令人發笑歡樂的事物。 [MSC, trad.]
     令人发笑欢乐的事物。 [MSC, simp.]

     Lìngrén fāxiào huānyuè de shìwù. [Pinyin]

     Something joyous that makes one laugh.

2. to send someone

Synonyms

• (to make one): 發人／发人 (fārén), 使人 (shǐrén)

Derived terms

• 令人咋舌 (lìngrénzéshé)
• 令人髮指 / 令人发指 (lìngrénfàzhǐ)