人子

Chinese

		man; person; people	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
simp. and trad. (人子)		人	子

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rénzǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄗˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ zi²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngìn-chṳ́
Eastern Min (BUC): ìng-cṳ̄
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): jîn-chú / lîn-chú / lîn-chír

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rénzǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄗˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rénzǐh
  - Wade–Giles: jên²-tzŭ³
  - Yale: rén-dž
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rentzyy
  - Palladius: жэньцзы (žɛnʹczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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    人子
    壬子
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jan⁴ zi²
  - Yale: yàhn jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ t͡siː³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngìn-chṳ́
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngin^ˇ zii^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngin² zi³
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋin¹¹ t͡sɨ³¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ìng-cṳ̄
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^(t͡s-)ʒy³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jîn-chú
  - Tâi-lô: jîn-tsú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jinzuo
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /zin²³⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zin¹³⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-chú
  - Tâi-lô: lîn-tsú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: linzuo
  - IPA (Taipei): /lin²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lin²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-chír
  - Tâi-lô: lîn-tsír
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lin²⁴⁻²² t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

人子

(literary) child (son or daughter)

Synonyms

子女 (zǐnǚ)

Proper noun

人子

(Christianity) Son of Man
- 人子來係愛尋失落个人來救佢 [Sixian Hakka, trad.]
  人子来系爱寻失落个人来救佢 [Sixian Hakka, simp.]
  From: 客家聖樂團, lyrics by 陳建中, 道路真理生命
  Ngìn-chṳ́ lòi he oi chhìm sṳt-lo̍k ke ngìn lòi kiu kì [Pha̍k-fa-sṳ]
  The Son of Man came to seek and save those who are lost.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (人子):

→ Korean: 인자(人子) (inja)