麗人

Chinese
beautiful; Korea man; person; people
trad. (麗人) 麗 人
simp. (丽人) 丽 人

Pronunciation

Noun

麗人

  1. (literary) beauty; beautiful woman

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 美女 (“beautiful woman”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 美女, 美人, 佳人, 佳麗, 麗人, 紅顏, 嬋娟
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 美女, 美人, 佳人
Mandarin Beijing 美人兒
Taiwan 美女
Singapore 美女
Cantonese Guangzhou 靚女
Hong Kong 靚女
Taishan 靚女
Kaiping (Chikan) 靚女
Dongguan 靚女
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 靚女
Singapore (Guangfu) 靚女
Hakka Meixian 標緻妹仔, 靚妹仔, 靚女
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 靚女
Southern Min Xiamen 媠查某
Xiamen (Tong'an) 媠查某
Quanzhou 媠查某
Anxi 媠查某
Zhangzhou 媠查某
Zhao'an 媠查某
Singapore (Hokkien) 媠查某, 俏母
Manila (Hokkien) 媠查某
Shantou 雅諸娘
Jieyang 雅諸娘, 雅儂
Leizhou 顯娘
Wenchang 靚母
Singapore (Hainanese) 靚母
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 靚妹

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (麗人):
  • → Japanese: 麗人(れいじん) (reijin)
  • → Korean: 려인(麗人) (ryeoin), 여인(麗人) (yeoin)

Japanese
Kanji in this term
麗 人
れい
Grade: S		 じん
Grade: 1
kan’on

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) れーじん [rèéjíń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɾe̞ːʑĩɴ]

Noun

麗(れい)人(じん) • (reijin) ←れいじん (reizin)?

  1. Synonym of 美人 (bijin, “beautiful woman”)
    男装(だんそう)の麗人(れいじん)
    dansō no reijin
    a handsome woman in men's clothing (common collocation)

See also

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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