大人

Кинески

Etymology 1

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	man; person; people
једн. and трад. (大人)		大	人
алтернативне форме		大儂／大侬 Min Nan

Pronunciation

• Мандарин

  (Стандард)

  (Пинјин): dàrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄖㄣˊ

  (Dungan, Ћирилица and Wiktionary): дажын (III-I)

• Кантонски (Jyutping): daai⁶ jan⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thai-ngìn
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-lâng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dua⁷ nang⁵

• Wu (Wiktionary): du nyin (T3)

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• Мандарин
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Пинјин: dàrén → dàren (варијанте крајњег слога без тона)
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄖㄣˊ → ㄉㄚˋ ˙ㄖㄣ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dah.ren
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàre̊n
    • Wade–Giles: ta4-jên5
    • Sinological МФА ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/ → /tä⁵¹ ʐən¹/
    • Хомофони:

      [Покажи/Сакриј]
      унос edit 大人 大仁

  • (Dungan)
    • Ћирилица and Викиречник: дажын (III-I)
    • Sinological МФА ^(key): /taː⁴⁴ ʐə̃²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Кантонски
  • (Стандард Кантонски, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ jan⁴
    • Yale: daaih yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ yen⁴
    • Sinological МФА ^(key): /tɑːi̯²² jɐn²¹/
    • Хомофони:

      edit edit 大人 大仁

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-ngìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: tai nginˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ ngin²
    • IPA: /tʰa̯i⁵⁵ ɲin¹¹/
• Мин Нан
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: tuā-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxlaang
    • МФА (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ laŋ²⁴/
    • МФА (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² laŋ²⁴/
    • МФА (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ laŋ¹³/
    • МФА (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ laŋ²⁴/
    • МФА (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ laŋ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dua⁷ nang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tuā nâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tua¹¹ naŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: du nyin (T3)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /d̻v̩ʷ²² n̠ʲɪɲ⁴⁴/

Noun

大人

1. adult; grown-up

   萬聖節裝扮不是大人的專利，那些拍門討糖果的小孩裝扮也可以十分出色！ [MSC, trad.]
   万圣节装扮不是大人的专利，那些拍门讨糖果的小孩装扮也可以十分出色！ [MSC, simp.]

   Wànshèngjié zhuāngbàn bùshì dàrén de zhuānlì, nàxiē pāi mén tǎo tángguǒ de xiǎohái zhuāngbàn yě kěyǐ shífēn chūsè! [Pinyin]

   Halloween costumes are not just for adults - the costumes of children who ask for candy can also be extraordinary!

Etymology 2

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	man; person; people
једн. and трад. (大人)		大	人
алтернативне форме		大儂／大侬 Teochew

Reborrowed from Јапански 大人 (taijin) for the historical Min Nan sense.

Pronunciation

• Мандарин

  (Стандард)

  (Пинјин): dàrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄖㄣˊ

  (Dungan, Ћирилица and Wiktionary): дажын (III-I)

• Кантонски (Jyutping): daai⁶ jan⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thai-ngìn
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): tāi-jîn / tāi-lîn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dua⁷ nang⁵

• Wu (Wiktionary): da zen (T3)

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• Мандарин
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Пинјин: dàrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahren
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàrén
    • Wade–Giles: ta4-jên2
    • Sinological МФА ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
    • Хомофони:

      [Покажи/Сакриј]
      унос edit 大人 大仁

  • (Dungan)
    • Ћирилица and Викиречник: дажын (III-I)
    • Sinological МФА ^(key): /taː⁴⁴ ʐə̃²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Кантонски
  • (Стандард Кантонски, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ jan⁴
    • Yale: daaih yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ yen⁴
    • Sinological МФА ^(key): /tɑːi̯²² jɐn²¹/
    • Хомофони:

      edit edit 大人 大仁

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-ngìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: tai nginˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ ngin²
    • IPA: /tʰa̯i⁵⁵ ɲin¹¹/
• Мин Нан
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-jîn
    • Tâi-lô: tāi-jîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daixjiin
    • МФА (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ ʑin²³/
    • МФА (Zhangzhou): /tai²²⁻²¹ d͡ʑin¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: tāi-lîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daixliin
    • МФА (Quanzhou): /tai⁴¹⁻²² lin²⁴/
    • МФА (Xiamen, Singapore): /tai²²⁻²¹ lin²⁴/
    • МФА (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dua⁷ nang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tuā nâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tua¹¹ naŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: da zen (T3)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /d̻a̱²² z̻əɲ⁴⁴/

Noun

大人

1. (archaic) person of high rank Галицијски
2. (honorific) Your Excellency; His Excellency Галицијски

   法官大人  ―  fǎguān dàrén  ―  Your Honour

3. (Taiwanese Hokkien, dated or regional) sir Галицијски
4. (Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien, religion) paper person, used as a scapegoat

Synonyms

• n

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Antonyms

• n 小人

Derived terms

• 大人不計小人過／大人不计小人过
• 大人不記小人過／大人不记小人过

• 洋大人

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (大人):

• Japanese: 大人(たいじん) (taijin); 大人(だいにん) (dainin)
• Korean: 대인 (大人, daein)
• Vietnamese: đại nhân (大人)

References

• Шаблон:R:nan:taihoa
• “Entry #221”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

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Јапански

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
大	人
おとな
Степен: 1	Степен: 1
jukujikun

From late Old Japanese, more specifically Early Middle Japanese, hypothesized from Proto-Japonic *ətəna. Appears in sources from the Heian period. Derivation unknown. Possibly related to obsolete verb おとなう (otonau, “to visit someone; to make a sound, to speak aloud”).

Alternative forms

• 乙名 (only for the "leader" senses)

Noun

大人(おとな) (otona) 

1. an adult, a grown-up

   大人(おとな)（へ）の階(かい)段(だん)をのぼる

   otona (e) no kaidan o noboru

   to ascend the staircase of (/towards) [being an] adult: to mature

   • 2010 децембар 8, Sorachi, Hideaki, “[第]だい[三]さん[百]びゃく[二]に[十]じゅう[二]に[訓]くん　[二]に[度]どあることは[三]さん[度]どある [Lesson 322: Twice, Thrice That There Are]”, in [銀]ぎん[魂]たま [Silver Soul], volume 37 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:

     まずはこのローションをかぶってだな

     Mazu wa kono rōshon o kabutte da na

     First we slap on some lotion

     ちょっと待(ま)てぇぇぇ‼　それどこの大人(おとな)のプールぅ⁉

     Chotto mateeee‼ Sore doko no otona no pūrū⁉

     Hold o-o-o-on!! Are you tryna turn this place into an adult pool!?

2. (uncommon, possibly archaic) a leader:
   1. an elder of a group or community
   2. in the late Muromachi period, the representative of a village or guild
   3. the head lady-in-waiting
   4. one's wife
   5. in the Edo period, a kind of civil servant working in Nagasaki
   6. the head servant

Adjective

1. mature; grown-up

   大人(おとな)な感(かん)じのお店(みせ)

   otona na kanji no o-mise

   shop that has a mature atmosphere

   大人(おとな)な対(たい)応(おう)

   otona na taiō

   mature response to the situation

2. adult; sexual

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
大	人
うし
Степен: 1	Степен: 1
jukujikun

From Old Japanese. Appears in the Nihon Shoki, completed in 720 CE. Derivation unknown.

Alternative forms

• 卿

Noun

大人(うし) (ushi) 

1. (honorific) a lord, a landowner
2. an honorific form of reference for a scholar or teacher, or one's own father
3. an honorific form of reference for the addressee

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
大	人
たい Степен: 1	じん Степен: 1
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 大人 (dɑi^H ȵʑjen, literally “big, great + person”). Compare modern Cantonese reading daai⁶ jan⁴, Min Nan tāi-jîn.

The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing.

Noun

大(たい)人(じん) (taijin) 

1. a large person
2. a giant
3. an adult
4. a person of high rank, a ruler or noble
5. an honorific form of reference for a scholar or teacher, or one's own parent
6. a daimyo

Synonyms

Synonyms

• (giant): 巨(きょ)人(じん) (kyojin)
• (ruler): 君(くん)主(しゅ) (kunshu)
• (noble): 貴(き)人(じん) (kijin)
• (mother): お母(かあ)さん (okāsan)
• (father): お父(とう)さん (otōsan)
• (daimyo): 大(だい)名(みょう) (daimyō)

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
大	人
だい Степен: 1	にん Степен: 1
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 大人 (dɑi^H ȵiɪn, literally “big, great + person”). Compare modern Hakka reading thai-ngìn.

The goon reading, so likely an earlier borrowing.

Noun

大(だい)人(にん) (dainin) 

1. an adult, a grown-up
2. (Buddhism) the Buddhas and bodhisattvas

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Корејски

Hanja in this term
大	人

Noun

大人 (daein) (hangeul 대인)

1. Hanja form^? of 대인 (“adult”).

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Okinawan

Kanji in this term
大	人
うふ Grade: 1	っちゅ Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology 1

From .

Pronunciation

• МФА^(кључ): /ʔuɸutt͡ɕu/

Noun

大人 (hiragana うふっちゅ, rōmaji ufutchu)

1. adult

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
大	人
Grade: 1	Grade: 1
Irregular

Hypothesized from Proto-Ryukyuan *otona, from Proto-Japonic *ətəna. Cognate with Јапански 大人 (otona).

Pronunciation

• МФА^(кључ): /ʔutuna/

Noun

大人 (hiragana うとぅな, rōmaji utuna)

1. (literary) adult

References

• Шаблон:R:JLect
• Шаблон:R:Shuri-Naha Dialect Dictionary
• Шаблон:R:Shuri-Naha Dialect Dictionary

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Вијетнамски

Hán tự in this word
大	人

Noun

大人

1. Hán tự form of đại nhân, “noble man”