# 巨人
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jùrén
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˋ ㄖㄣˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi$^6$ jan$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ki-ngìn
* Eastern Min (BUC): gé̤ṳ-ìng
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kū-lîn / kǐr-lîn / kī-jîn / kī-lâng / kū-lâng
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jùrén
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˋ ㄖㄣˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jyùrén
*** Wade–Giles: chü$^4$-jên$^2$
*** Yale: jyù-rén
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuhren
*** Palladius: цзюйжэнь (czjujžɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕy⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: geoi$^6$ jan$^4$
*** Yale: geuih yàhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: goey$^6$ jan$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gêu$^6$ yen$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɵy̯²² jɐn²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ki-ngìn
*** Hakka Romanization System: gi ngin$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gi$^4$ ngin$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /ki⁵⁵ ŋin¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: gé̤ṳ-ìng
*** Sinological IPA : /ky²¹³⁻⁵⁵ iŋ⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kū-lîn
*** Tâi-lô: kū-lîn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kuxliin
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ku²²⁻²¹ lin²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kǐr-lîn
*** Tâi-lô: kǐr-lîn
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kɯ²² lin²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kī-jîn
*** Tâi-lô: kī-jîn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kixjiin
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki²²⁻²¹ d͡zin¹³/
** (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kī-lâng
*** Tâi-lô: kī-lâng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kixlaang
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki³³⁻²¹ laŋ²³/
** (Hokkien: Taipei)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kū-lâng
*** Tâi-lô: kū-lâng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kuxlaang
*** IPA (Taipei): /ku³³⁻¹¹ laŋ²⁴/
* Middle Chinese: gjoX nyin
Rime :
| Character | 巨 | 人 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 群 (30) | 日 (38) |
| Final (韻) | 魚 (22) | 眞 (43) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 其吕切 | 如鄰切 |
| Baxter | gjoX | nyin |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɡɨʌ$^X$/ | /ȵiɪn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɡiɔ$^X$/ | /ȵin/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɡiɔ$^X$/ | /ȵʑjen/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /gɨə̆$^X$/ | /ȵin/ |
| Li Rong | /ɡiɔ$^X$/ | /ȵiĕn/ |
| Wang Li | /ɡĭo$^X$/ | /ȵʑĭĕn/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /gi̯wo$^X$/ | /ȵʑi̯ĕn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jù | rén |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | geoi$^6$ | jan$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaʔ njin/
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 | 巨 | 人 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 7047 | 10800 |
| Phonetic component | 巨 | 人 |
| Rime group | 魚 | 眞 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | | 仁 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡaʔ/ | /*njin/ |

### Noun

巨人
* giant
       zhàn zài jùrén de jiānbǎng shàng [Pinyin]
       to stand on the shoulders of giants

#### Derived terms

* 女巨人
* 巨人族
* 巨人柱 (jùrénzhù)
* 巨人症 (jùrénzhèng)
* 泥足巨人

#### Related terms

* 偉人／伟人 (wěirén)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 巨人(きょじん) (kyojin)
* → Korean: 거인(巨人) (geoin)
* → Vietnamese: cự nhân (巨人)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 巨 | 人 |
| きょ Grade: S | じん Grade: 1 |
| kan'on ||

### Etymology

Ultimately from Middle Chinese 巨人 (MC gjoX nyin).
The professional baseball team is an abbreviation of one of its original names, the 東京巨人軍 (Tōkyō Kyojin-gun, “Tokyo Giants”).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) きょじん [kyòjíń] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [kʲo̞ʑĩɴ]

### Noun

巨(きょ)人(じん) • (kyojin)
* [early 1900s] a giant:
** (mythology) a human of very great size, titan
    進(しん)撃(げき)の巨(きょ)人(じん) ― Shingeki no Kyojin ― Attack on Titan (literally, “the Advancing Giants”)
** a very tall person
    Synonyms: 大男 (ōotoko), 巨漢 (kyokan)
    Antonym: 小人 (kobito)
** a person of extraordinary strength or power, bodily or intellectual
    Synonym: 偉人 (ijin)

#### Derived terms

* 巨(きょ)人(じん)症(しょう) (kyojinshō, “gigantism”)
* 巨(きょ)人(じん)説(せつ)話(わ) (kyojin setsuwa)
* 巨(きょ)人(じん)大(たい)鵬(ほう)卵(たまご)焼(や)き (kyojin taihō tamagoyaki)
* 巨(きょ)人(じん)伝(でん)説(せつ) (kyojin densetsu)

#### Idioms

* 小(ちい)さな巨(きょ)人(じん) (chīsana kyojin, “small giant → someone who has a small physique but having a great talent”)

#### See also

* ジャイアント (jaianto)

### Proper noun

巨(きょ)人(じん) • (Kyojin)
* (baseball, colloquial) Synonym of 読売ジャイアンツ (Yomiuri Jaiantsu): the Yomiuri Giants

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 巨 | 人 |

### Noun

巨人 • (geoin) (hangeul 거인)
* hanja form of 거인 (“giant”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 巨 | 人 |

### Noun

巨人
* chữ Hán form of cự nhân (“giant”).