支那人

Chinese

		China	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (支那人)		支那	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhīnàrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄓ ㄋㄚˋ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ naa⁴ jan⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ̂-na-ngìn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhīnàrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄓ ㄋㄚˋ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhihnàrén
    • Wade–Giles: chih¹-na⁴-jên²
    • Yale: jr̄-nà-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jynahren
    • Palladius: чжинажэнь (čžinažɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ nä⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi¹ naa⁴ jan⁴
    • Yale: jī nàh yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ naa⁴ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ na⁴ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ naː²¹ jɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ̂-na-ngìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: zii´ na nginˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zi¹ na⁴ ngin²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ²⁴⁻¹¹ na⁵⁵ ŋin¹¹/

Noun

支那人

1. (now usually derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) Chinaman (Chinese person)

Usage notes

• Widely used by Hong Kong and Taiwan independence activists.

Synonyms

• 支人

Derived terms

• 滯臺支那人／滞台支那人 (zhì Tái zhīnàrén)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
支	那	人
し Grade: 5	な Grade: S	じん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

From 支那 (Shina, “China”) +‎ 人 (-jin, “person”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕina̠ʑĩɴ]

Noun

支(し)那(な)人(じん) • (shinajin) 

1. (dated, now usually derogatory) Chinaman (Chinese person)