# 佳人
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiārén
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚ ㄖㄣˊ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gaai$^1$ jan$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): gai$^1$ ngin$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ka-jîn / ka-lîn / kee-jîn
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiārén
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚ ㄖㄣˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jiarén
*** Wade–Giles: chia$^1$-jên$^2$
*** Yale: jyā-rén
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiaren
*** Palladius: цзяжэнь (czjažɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$佳人 家人
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gaai$^1$ jan$^4$
*** Yale: gāai yàhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gaai$^1$ jan$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gai$^1$ yen$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kaːi̯⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: gai$^1$ ngin$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kai³³ ᵑɡin²²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka-jîn
*** Tâi-lô: ka-jîn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kajiin
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ zin²³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka-lîn
*** Tâi-lô: ka-lîn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kaliin
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ka³³ lin²⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ka⁴⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ lin²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kee-jîn
*** Tâi-lô: kee-jîn
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɛ⁴⁴⁻²² d͡zin¹³/
* Middle Chinese: kea nyin
Rime :
| Character | 佳 | 人 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) | 日 (38) |
| Final (韻) | 佳 (31) | 眞 (43) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | II | III |
| Fanqie | 古膎切 | 如鄰切 |
| Baxter | kea | nyin |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kˠɛ/ | /ȵiɪn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kᵚæ/ | /ȵin/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kæi/ | /ȵʑjen/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kaɨj/ | /ȵin/ |
| Li Rong | /kɛ/ | /ȵiĕn/ |
| Wang Li | /kai/ | /ȵʑĭĕn/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /kai/ | /ȵʑi̯ĕn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jiā | rén |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gaai$^1$ | jan$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ˤre ni[ŋ]/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kreː njin/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 佳 | 人 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | jia | rén |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ kɛ › | ‹ nyin › |
| Old Chinese | /*[k]ˁre/ | /*ni[ŋ]/ |
| English | good | (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 | 佳 | 人 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 4531 | 10800 |
| Phonetic component | 圭 | 人 |
| Rime group | 支 | 眞 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 佳 | 仁 |
| Old Chinese | /*kreː/ | /*njin/ |

### Noun

佳人
* beautiful woman
* (literary) good person (of upright character)

#### Synonyms

* (beautiful woman):
* 佳麗／佳丽 (jiālì) (literary)
* 出水芙蓉 (chūshuǐfúróng) (figurative)
* 嫭 (hù) (literary)
* 嬌／娇 (jiāo)
* 紅顏／红颜 (hóngyán) (literary, figurative)
* 美人 (měirén)
* 美女 (měinǚ)
* 行雨 (xíngyǔ) (literary, figurative)
* 靚女／靓女 (chiefly Cantonese)
* 麗人／丽人 (lìrén) (literary)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 美女, 美人, 佳人, 佳麗, 麗人, 紅顏, 嬋娟 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 美女, 美人, 佳人 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 美人兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 美女 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 美女 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 靚女 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 靚女 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 靚女 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 靚女 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 靚女 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 靚女 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 靚女 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 標緻妹仔, 靚妹仔, 靚女 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 靚女 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 媠查某 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 媠查某 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 媠查某 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 媠查某 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 媠查某 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 媠查某 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 媠查某, 俏母 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 媠查某 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 雅諸娘 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 雅諸娘, 雅儂 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 顯娘 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 靚母 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 靚母 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 靚妹 |
* (good person):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 好人, 佳人 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 好人 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 好人 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 好人 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 好人 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 好人 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 好人 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 好人 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 好人 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 好人 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 好儂 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 好儂 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 好儂 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 好儂 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 好囝 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 好儂 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 好儂 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 好儂 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 好人 |
| Wu | Danyang | 好人 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 好人 |

#### Derived terms

* 二八佳人 (èrbājiārén)
* 佳人薄命 (jiārénbómìng)
* 才子佳人 (cáizǐ jiārén)
* 紅粉佳人／红粉佳人 (hóngfěnjiārén)
* 絕色佳人／绝色佳人 (juésèjiārén)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 佳(か)人(じん) (kajin)
* → Korean: 가인(佳人) (gain)
* → Vietnamese: giai nhân (佳人)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 佳 | 人 |
| か Grade: S | じん Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi ||

### Noun

佳(か)人(じん) • (kajin)
* beautiful woman