人情

Chinese

man; person; people
 
feeling; emotion; passion
feeling; emotion; passion; situation
trad. (人情) 人 情
simp. #(人情) 人 情
anagram 情人

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 人 情
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 日 (38) 從 (15)
Final (韻) 眞 (43) 清 (121)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 如鄰切 疾盈切
Baxter nyin dzjeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ȵiɪn/ /d͡ziᴇŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ȵin/ /d͡ziɛŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȵʑjen/ /d͡ziæŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ȵin/ /d͡ziajŋ/
Li
Rong
/ȵiĕn/ /d͡ziɛŋ/
Wang
Li
/ȵʑĭĕn/ /d͡zĭɛŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ȵʑi̯ĕn/ /d͡zʱi̯ɛŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
rén qíng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jan4 cing4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 人 情
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
rén qíng
Middle
Chinese
‹ nyin › ‹ dzjeng ›
Old
Chinese
/*ni[ŋ]/ /*[dz]eŋ/
English (other) person affections; response to circumstances

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 人 情
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 10800 11348
Phonetic
component
人 生
Rime
group
眞 耕
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
仁 情
Old
Chinese
/*njin/ /*zleŋ/

Noun

人情

  1. human sentiment; natural human feelings; inherent goodness of human nature
  2. friends and relationships; personal connections; people with which one has curried favor
    中國人情社會/中国人情社会  ―  zhōngguó rénqíng shèhuì  ―  the personal connections aspect of Chinese society
    人情社會/人情社会  ―  rénqíng shèhuì  ―  relationship-oriented society
  3. courtesy; etiquette; civility
  4. favour (kind or helpful deed)
    他欠我一點人情。 [MSC, trad.]
    他欠我一点人情。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā qiàn wǒ yīdiǎn rénqíng. [Pinyin]
    He owes me a favour.
    我打算賣他一次人情。 [MSC, trad.]
    我打算卖他一次人情。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ dǎsuàn mài tā yīcì rénqíng. [Pinyin]
    I plan to do him a favour.
  5. gift; present
  6. (chiefly Cantonese) customary wedding gift money paid by the guest who receives the invitation, whether the guest will attend or not
    香港的結婚人情公價按婚宴場地而異。 [MSC, trad.]
    香港的结婚人情公价按婚宴场地而异。 [MSC, simp.]
    Xiānggǎng de jiéhūn rénqíng gōngjià àn hūnyàn chǎngdì ér yì. [Pinyin]
    The price of customary gift money for weddings in Hong Kong varies depending on the venue.

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • 一頭人情,兩面光/一头人情,两面光
  • 不近人情 (bùjìn-rénqíng)
  • 世態人情/世态人情
  • 世道人情
  • 人在人情在
  • 人情一把鋸/人情一把锯
  • 人情世故 (rénqíngshìgù)
  • 人情之常 (rénqíngzhīcháng)
  • 人情債/人情债 (rénqíngzhài)
  • 人情冷暖 (rénqínglěngnuǎn)
  • 人情味 (rénqíngwèi)
  • 人情味兒/人情味儿 (rénqíngwèir)
  • 人情洶洶/人情汹汹
  • 人情練達/人情练达 (rénqíngliàndá)
  • 人情薄似紙/人情薄似纸
  • 人情貨/人情货
  • 做人情 (zuò rénqíng)
  • 地方人情
  • 天理人情
  • 律設大法,理順人情/律设大法,理顺人情
  • 擔人情/担人情
  • 曲盡人情/曲尽人情
  • 白人情
  • 盡人情/尽人情
  • 禮順人情/礼顺人情
  • 秀才人情
  • 秋草人情
  • 行人情
  • 討人情/讨人情
  • 託人情/托人情
  • 說人情/说人情
  • 賣人情/卖人情
  • 送人情
  • 通達人情/通达人情
  • 順水人情/顺水人情 (shùnshuǐrénqíng)
  • 風俗人情/风俗人情
  • 風土人情/风土人情 (fēngtǔrénqíng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (人情):

See also

Japanese

Kanji in this term
人 情
にん
Grade: 1
じょう
Grade: 5
goon

Pronunciation

    • (Tokyo) に​んじょー [níꜜǹjòò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
    • IPA(key): [ɲ̟ĩɲ̟d͡ʑo̞ː]

    Noun

    人(にん)情(じょう) • (ninjō) 

    1. humanity, empathy, sympathy

    See also

    References

    1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

    Korean

    Hanja in this term
    人情

    Noun

    人情 • (injeong) (hangeul 인정)

    1. Hanja form? of 인정 (“empathy”).

    Vietnamese

    chữ Hán Nôm in this term
    人情

    Noun

    人情

    1. chữ Hán form of nhân tình.
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