# 土人
## Chinese
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): tǔrén
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˇ ㄖㄣˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): tou$^2$ jan$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thó͘-lâng
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tǔrén
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˇ ㄖㄣˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tǔrén
*** Wade–Giles: tʻu$^3$-jên$^2$
*** Yale: tǔ-rén
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuuren
*** Palladius: тужэнь (tužɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: tou$^2$ jan$^4$
*** Yale: tóu yàhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tou$^2$ jan$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: tou$^2$ yen$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰou̯³⁵ jɐn²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thó͘-lâng
*** Tâi-lô: thóo-lâng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: toflaang
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ laŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²³/

#### Noun

土人
* (possibly slightly derogatory) native; aborigine; aboriginal person; indigenous person
    From: c. 1300, 周達觀 (Zhou Daguan), 《真臘風土記》 (The Customs of Cambodia)
    Wǎngnián tǔrén zuì pǔ, jiàn Tángrén pō jiā jìngwèi, hū zhī wèi fó, jiàn zé fúdì dǐnglǐ. [Pinyin]
    In years gone by, the natives were completely naïve, and when they saw a Chinese person, they treated him with great respect and awe, addressing him as a Buddha and falling prostrate and kowtowing when they saw him. (Adapted from translation by Peter Harris)
    From: Shi Nai'an, Water Margin, circa 14th century CE
    Liǎng ge zéichén jìyì dìng le, zhuó xīnfù rén chūlái xúnmì liǎng ge Lúzhōu tǔrén, xiě yǔ tā zhuàngzi, jiào tā qù shūmìyuàn shǒugào Lú ānfǔ, zài Lúzhōu jírì zhāojūnmǎimǎ, jīcǎo túnliáng, yìyù zàofǎn. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    From: 1907 CE, Liu E, The Travels of Lao Can
    Nǐ dào Tiě Gōng shì shéi? Jiùshì Míng chū yǔ Yān wáng wéinàn de nàge Tiě Xuàn. Hòurén jìng tā de zhōngyì, suǒyǐ zhìjīn chūnqiū shíjié, tǔrén shàng bùduàn de lái cǐ jìnxiāng. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* (Hokkien, figurative) uncouth person
* clay sculpture of a human figure

##### Synonyms

* (native):
* 原住民 (yuánzhùmín)
* 原住民族 (yuánzhùmínzú)
* 土著
* 土著人 (tǔzhùrén)
* (clay sculpture): (Min Nan) 塗人／涂人

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Tǔrén
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˇ ㄖㄣˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Tǔrén
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˇ ㄖㄣˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Tǔrén
*** Wade–Giles: Tʻu$^3$-jên$^2$
*** Yale: Tǔ-rén
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tuuren
*** Palladius: Тужэнь (Tužɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/

#### Noun

土人
* Turk; Turkish person; person of Turkish descent
** 1897, 張坤德, transl., “路透電音”, in 時務報 [The Chinese Progress]‎, number 26:
       Xī yǔ Tǔ zài Léifání Shānxiá sǐzhàn, Tǔrén bàituì jīng biānjiè, sǐshāng shènduō [Pinyin]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 2010, 高麗娟, “土耳其美食丙天下——伊斯坦堡美食巡禮”, in 麥勝梅, 王雙秀, editors, 歐洲不再是傳說, Taipei: 新銳文創, →ISBN, page 310:
       Bùguò, rúguǒ guórén néng fàngxià zìshēn yǐnshí xíguàn de chéngjiàn, liǎojiě Tǔrén yǐnshí xíguàn, huì fāxiàn Tǔ'ěrqí cài guǒrán míngbùxūchuán, kānchēng Tǔ'ěrqí měishí “bǐng” tiānxià. [Pinyin]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 2023, 朱月華, 土耳其 [Türkiye], Taipei: Mook Publications Inc., →ISBN, page 27:
       Bùdébù pèifú Tǔrén kǎo jīchì de jìshù, bùguǎn nǎ jiā cāntīng jīhū cǎi bùdào léi. [Pinyin]
       I can't help but admire the chicken wing barbecuing technique of the Turks. No matter which restaurant you go to, it is almost impossible to go wrong.

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 土 | 人 |
| ど Grade: 1 | じん Grade: 1 |
| kan'yōon | kan'on |

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) どじん [dòjíń] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [do̞ʑĩɴ]

### Noun

土(ど)人(じん) • (dojin)
* (slightly derogatory) native; aborigine; aboriginal person; indigenous person
    Synonyms: 原住民 (genjūmin), 先住民 (senjūmin)
    北海道(ほっかいどう)旧(きゅう)土人(どじん)保護(ほご)法(ほう)
       Hokkaidō kyū dojin hogo hō
       Hokkaido Former Aborigines Protection Act (Japanese law enforcing cultural assimilation of Ainu people)

### References

* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 土 | 人 |

### Noun

土人 • (toin) (hangeul 토인)
* hanja form of 토인