# 西人
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xīrén
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄖㄣˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sai$^1$ jan$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): se-jîn
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xīrén
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄖㄣˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sirén
*** Wade–Giles: hsi$^1$-jên$^2$
*** Yale: syī-rén
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiren
*** Palladius: сижэнь (sižɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$昔人 西人 錫人／锡人
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sai$^1$ jan$^4$
*** Yale: sāi yàhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sai$^1$ jan$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sei$^1$ yen$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɐi̯⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se-jîn
*** Tâi-lô: se-jîn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sejiin
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ zin²³/

### Noun

西人
* Westerner
** 1902, James Dyer Ball, How to Speak Cantonese, second edition, Hongkong: Kelly & Walsh, pages 198–199:
       hai$^6$ aa$^1$, fo$^2$ seoi$^2$ naa$^4$, sin$^1$ ji$^6$ sap$^6$ nin$^4$ go$^3$ zan$^6$ si$^{4-2}$ bat$^1$ gwo$^3$ jau$^5$ gei$^2$ go$^3$ sai$^1$ jan$^4$ sai$^2$ zek$^1$. ji$^4$ gaa$^1$ naa$^4$, tung$^1$ seng$^4$ dou$^1$ jau$^5$ fo$^2$ seoi$^2$ gung$^6$ fo$^2$ seoi$^2$ dang$^1$ maai$^6$. [Jyutping]
       Yes; kerosene, for instance. Twenty years ago it was only used by a few foreigners in China; and now kerosene and kerosene lamps are for sale all over the city.

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 西方人, 西洋人, 洋人, 白人, 白種人 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 老外, 毛子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 洋人, 西洋人, 白人, 老外 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 紅毛人 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 洋人, 外國佬 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 洋人, 洋鬼子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 洋人 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 洋人 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 洋人 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 洋人, 高鼻子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 番鬼佬 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 洋鬼子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 西人, 老西, 老番, 鬼佬, 番鬼佬, 鬼子佬, 紅毛頭, 紅毛 dated, 紅毛鬼 dated |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 西人, 白人, 鬼佬, 番鬼佬, 老番 dated, 紅毛鬼 dated, 白鬼 dated |
| Cantonese | Macau | 鬼佬 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 老番, 番鬼佬 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 老番, 番鬼, 番鬼佬, 紅毛 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 鬼佬 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 鬼佬 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 洋人 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 洋人 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 洋人 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 番人, 番鬼仔 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 洋人 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 洋人, 西洋人, 阿啄仔, 鉤鼻仔, 紅毛番 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 洋人, 西洋人, 阿啄仔, 鉤鼻仔, 紅毛番 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 洋人, 西洋人, 阿啄仔, 鉤鼻仔, 紅毛番 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 洋人, 西洋人, 鉤鼻公, 紅毛番 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 洋人, 西洋人, 阿啄仔, 鉤鼻仔, 紅毛番 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 西洋人, 紅毛番 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 紅毛人 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 番仔, 阿啄仔, 紅毛番, 𧺤毛的, 番仔鬼 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 番仔, 紅毛番, 𧺤毛的 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 番仔, 紅毛番, 𧺤毛的 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 紅毛仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 阿啄仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 啄鼻仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 阿啄仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 西洋儂, 阿啄仔, 啄鼻仔 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 阿啄仔 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 紅毛, 紅毛猴 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 紅毛, 紅毛儂, 紅毛猴 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 化人, 白種人, 西洋儂, 西方人 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 番儂, 紅毛囝, 番囝 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 紅毛, 紅毛囝, 紅毛鬼 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 紅毛, 紅毛儂 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 鉤鼻鬼 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 番鬼, 紅毛, 高鼻綠目, 高鼻塌目 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 洋人 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 番人, 高鼻頭 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 紅毛洋人, 洋人子, 洋人 |

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 西人(せいじん) (seijin)
* → Korean: 서인(西人) (seoin)

### Proper noun

西人
* (historical) a political faction in the Korean court which emerged in a dispute over the appropriate powers of royal in-laws in the 1570s, and which held power for most of the seventeenth century
    From: 《朝鮮王朝實錄》 (Joseon Veritable Records), 1675
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 西 | 人 |

### Noun

西人 • (seoin) (hangeul 서인)
* hanja form of 서인 (“Westerner (rare); political faction (historical)”)