# 人妖
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): rényāo
    (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄠ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jan$^4$ jiu$^2$ / jan$^4$ jiu$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): jîn-iau / lîn-iau
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: rényāo
*** Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄠ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: rényao
*** Wade–Giles: jên$^2$-yao$^1$
*** Yale: rén-yāu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: reniau
*** Palladius: жэньяо (žɛnʹjao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʐən³⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jan$^4$ jiu$^2$ / jan$^4$ jiu$^1$
*** Yale: yàhn yíu / yàhn yīu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jan$^4$ jiu$^2$ / jan$^4$ jiu$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yen$^4$ yiu$^2$ / yen$^4$ yiu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɐn²¹ jiːu̯³⁵/, /jɐn²¹ jiːu̯⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jîn-iau
*** Tâi-lô: jîn-iau
*** Phofsit Daibuun: jin'iaw
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zin¹³⁻²² iau⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /zin²³⁻³³ iau⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-iau
*** Tâi-lô: lîn-iau
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lin'iaw
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lin²⁴⁻²² iau³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /lin²⁴⁻²² iau⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /lin²⁴⁻¹¹ iau⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: nyin 'jew
Rime :
| Character | 人 | 妖 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 日 (38) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 眞 (43) | 宵 (92) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 如鄰切 | 於喬切 |
| Baxter | nyin | 'jew |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ȵiɪn/ | /ʔˠiᴇu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ȵin/ | /ʔᵚiɛu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȵʑjen/ | /ʔiæu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ȵin/ | /ʔiaw/ |
| Li Rong | /ȵiĕn/ | /ʔjɛu/ |
| Wang Li | /ȵʑĭĕn/ | /ĭɛu/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ȵʑi̯ĕn/ | /ʔi̯ɛu/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | rén | yāo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jan$^4$ | jiu$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*njin qrow/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 人 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | rén |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ nyin › |
| Old Chinese | /*ni[ŋ]/ |
| English | (other) person |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 人 | 妖 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 10800 | 14627 |
| Phonetic component | 人 | 夭 |
| Rime group | 眞 | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 仁 | 妖 |
| Old Chinese | /*njin/ | /*qrow/ |

### Noun

人妖
* (Classical, derogatory) man-made disaster
    From: Han shi waizhuan, 1nd century BCE
    Fū wànwù zhī yǒu zāi, rényāo zuì kěwèi yě. [Pinyin]
    Among all disasters of everything, man-made disasters are the most fearable.
    alt. forms: 人祅 (rényāo)
* (derogatory) bad person
    From: 1976 October 10, 何玉锁 (He Yusuo), 《手捧金芒果　怀念毛主席》, in People's Daily, →ISSN
    Shíbié rényāo — mùguāng rú diàn! [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    From: 1977 January 5, 张志民 (Zhang Zhimin), 《周总理呵，就在我们身旁！》, in People's Daily, →ISSN
    rényāo hé bìngmó / duóqù le jìng'ài de Zhōu zǒnglǐ [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    From: 1978 January, Xu Chi, 《哥德巴赫猜想》 [Goldbach's conjecture], in People's Literature, →ISSN
    Xǔ yǐ gāoguānhòulù, lìyòu tā xiàng rényāo xiàozhōng, tā bùdòng! [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* (Classical, derogatory) strange person
    From: Ming Dynasty, 謝肇淛, 《五雜組》
    Rén yǒu shēng ér bái máo zhě, jìn rényāo yě. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* (derogatory, offensive) tranny (a transsexual, transgender, transvestite, or intersex person, especially a trans woman); shemale
    泰國人妖／泰国人妖 ― Tàiguó rényāo ― kathoey
    From: 659 CE, Li Dashi and Li Yanshou, History of the Southern Dynasties
    Dōngyáng nǚzǐ Lóu Chěng biànfú zhà wèi zhàngfū […] cǐ rényāo yě. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    From: 13th c. CE, 周密, 癸辛雜識
    Rényāo: Zhào Zhōnghuì shuài Wéiyáng rì, mùliáo Zhào cānyì yǒu bì, huìxiá, jìn dé tóngbèi zhī huān. Zhào nì zhī, jiān jù bùcóng, yí yǒuyì, qiáng jí zhī, zé nánzǐ yě. Wén yú yǒusī, gài shēn jù èr xíng, qiánhòu jiān zhuàng bùyī, suì zhì zhī jíxíng. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    From: 1982 October 8, 傅君廉 (Fu Junlian), 《台湾社会问题一瞥》, in People's Daily, →ISSN
    Háiyǒu wàiguó dījí xiàliú de wényì tuántǐ biǎoyǎn de nǚzǐ shuāijiāo, dùpíwǔ, tuōyīwǔ, shènzhì “rényāo” (àn: jí nánbànnǚzhuāng de nánsè) liàngxiàng děng, “jíjìn qí tiǎodòu, yínhuì zhī néngshì”. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    From: 2018, United Nations Development Programme, China Women's University, 《跨性别者性别认同的法律承认：中国相关法律和政策的评估报告》, page 33
    Zuòwán shǒushù hòu, Yànyàn “juéde zìjǐ zhōngyú biànchéng le nǚrén, dànshì zhōuwéi de rén háishì bǎ nǐ dāngzuò rényāo kàn, bāokuò wǒ xiànzài qù yóuyǒng wǒ dōu bùgǎn shuōhuà, yīnwèi wǒ pà wǒ shuōhuà hòu biérén yòng lìng yī zhǒng yǎnguāng kàn wǒ, bāokuò wǒ qù xǐshǒujiān wǒ dōu bùgǎn jiē diànhuà, wǒ pà yǒurén bǎ wǒ nòng dào jǐngchájú. […]” [Pinyin]
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* Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 人 (rén),‎ 妖 (yāo): human and monster

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 變性人 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 變性人, 人妖 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 人妖 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Lancang | 人妖 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | กะเทย, 變性人, 人妖, 二姨媽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | กะเทย, 變性人, 人妖 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 人妖, กะเทย |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 人妖, กะเทย |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 人妖 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 變性人, 人妖 |
| Cantonese | Rongxian | 人妖 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 人妖 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 人妖 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 人妖 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 人妖 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 變性人 |
| Cantonese | Bangkok (Guangfu) | 人妖, กะเทย |
| Cantonese | Betong (Rongxian) | 人妖, กะเทย |
| Hakka | Meixian | 變性人 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Meixian) | 人妖 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Jiexi) | 人妖, กะเทย, ตุ๊ด |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 阿倌 male to female |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 人妖, 半男女, กะเทย |
| Southern Min | Chiang Mai (Teochew) | 人妖 |
| Southern Min | Hat Yai (Teochew) | 人妖 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 半公母 |