火星人

Chinese

		Mars; to be outdated and unaware; to not know something that everyone else knows	man; person; people
trad. (火星人)		火星	人
simp. #(火星人)		火星	人

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 火(か)星(せい)人(じん) (kaseijin).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huǒxīngrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄒㄧㄥ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fo² sing¹ jan⁴

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huǒxīngrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄒㄧㄥ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huǒsingrén
    • Wade–Giles: huo³-hsing¹-jên²
    • Yale: hwǒ-syīng-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huooshingren
    • Palladius: хосинжэнь (xosinžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fo² sing¹ jan⁴
    • Yale: fó sīng yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fo² sing¹ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fo² xing¹ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔː³⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/

Noun

火星人

1. (science fiction) Martian (inhabitant of Mars)
2. (figurative, slang, derogatory) one out of touch with reality or with the latest news and trends

Japanese

Kanji in this term
火	星	人
か Grade: 1	せい Grade: 2	じん Grade: 1
kan’on

Etymology

火星 (Kasei, “Mars”) +‎ 人 (-jin, “human”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かせ​ーじん [kàséꜜèjìǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠se̞ːʑĩɴ]

Noun

火(か)星(せい)人(じん) • (kaseijin) 

1. (science fiction) a Martian (inhabitant of Mars)