# 人物
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): rénwù
    (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄨˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jan$^4$ mat$^{6-2}$ / jan$^4$ mat$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): ngìn-vu̍t
    (Meixian, Guangdong): ngin$^2$ vud$^6$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): jîn-bu̍t / lîn-bu̍t
    (Teochew, Peng'im): nang$^5$ muêh$^8$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$gnin-veq$_8$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: rénwù
*** Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: rénwù
*** Wade–Giles: jên$^2$-wu$^4$
*** Yale: rén-wù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renwuh
*** Palladius: жэньу (žɛnʹu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʐən³⁵ u⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jan$^4$ mat$^{6-2}$ / jan$^4$ mat$^6$
*** Yale: yàhn mát / yàhn maht
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jan$^4$ mat$^{9-2}$ / jan$^4$ mat$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yen$^4$ med$^{6-2}$ / yen$^4$ med$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɐn²¹ mɐt̚²⁻³⁵/, /jɐn²¹ mɐt̚²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngìn-vu̍t
*** Hakka Romanization System: ngin$^ˇ$ vud
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ngin$^2$ vud$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋin¹¹ vut̚⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: ngin$^2$ vud$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋin¹¹ ʋut̚⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jîn-bu̍t
*** Tâi-lô: jîn-bu̍t
*** Phofsit Daibuun: jinbut
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /zin²³⁻³³ but̚⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zin¹³⁻²² but̚¹²¹/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-bu̍t
*** Tâi-lô: lîn-bu̍t
*** Phofsit Daibuun: linbut
*** IPA (Taipei): /lin²⁴⁻¹¹ but̚⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lin²⁴⁻²² but̚²⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /lin²⁴⁻²² but̚⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: nang$^5$ muêh$^8$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nâng mue̍h
*** Sinological IPA : /naŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ mueʔ⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$gnin-veq$_8$
*** MiniDict: nyin$^去$ veh$^入$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$nyin-veq$_5$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲin²² vəʔ⁴⁴/

### Noun

人物
* figure; personage
    歷史人物／历史人物 ― lìshǐ rénwù ― historical figure
    神秘人物 ― shénmì rénwù ― mysterious figure
    神話人物／神话人物 ― shénhuà rénwù ― mythological figure
    焦點人物／焦点人物 ― jiāodiǎn rénwù ― central figure
* character (in a story)
    主要人物 ― zhǔyào rénwù ― main character
* personnel
    內部人物／内部人物 ― nèibù rénwù ― internal personnel
* (art) figure painting; painting of a person; portrait
* (Classical) demeanour
* (Classical) people and things

#### Synonyms

* (figure painting): 人物畫／人物画 (rénwùhuà)

#### Derived terms

* 不受歡迎人物／不受欢迎人物 (bù shòu huānyíng rénwù)
* 人物畫／人物画 (rénwùhuà)
* 人設／人设 (rénshè)
* 代表人物 (dàibiǎo rénwù)
* 公眾人物／公众人物 (gōngzhòng rénwù)
* 反面人物 (fǎnmiàn rénwù)
* 大人物 (dàrénwù)
* 小人物 (xiǎorénwù)
* 風雲人物／风云人物 (fēngyúnrénwù)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 人物(じんぶつ) (jinbutsu)
* → Korean: 인물(人物) (inmul)
* → Vietnamese: nhân vật (人物)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 人 | 物 |
| じん Grade: 1 | ぶつ Grade: 3 |
| kan'on ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) じんぶつ [jíꜜǹbùtsù] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [d͡ʑĩmbɯ̟t͡sɨ]

### Noun

人(じん)物(ぶつ) • (jinbutsu)
* person, figure, personage
* someone's character

### References

* 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 人 | 物 |

### Noun

人物 • (inmul) (hangeul 인물)
* hanja form of 인물 (“figure”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 人 | 物 |

### Noun

人物
* chữ Hán form of nhân vật (“figure”).