人為

See also: 人为

Chinese

		man; person; people	because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become
trad. (人為/人爲)		人	為/爲
simp. (人为)		人	为
anagram		為人／为人

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rénwéi

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄨㄟˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ wai⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngìn-vì
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): jîn-ûi / lîn-ûi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rénwéi
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄨㄟˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rénwéi
  - Wade–Giles: jên²-wei²
  - Yale: rén-wéi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renwei
  - Palladius: жэньвэй (žɛnʹvɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jan⁴ wai⁴
  - Yale: yàhn wàih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ wai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ wei⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ wɐi̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngìn-vì
  - Hakka Romanization System: nginˇ viˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngin² vi²
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋin¹¹ vi¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jîn-ûi
  - Tâi-lô: jîn-uî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jin'uii
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /zin²³⁻³³ ui²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zin¹³⁻²² ui¹³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-ûi
  - Tâi-lô: lîn-uî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lin'uii
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /lin²⁴⁻²² ui²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lin²⁴⁻¹¹ ui²⁴/

Verb

人為

(formal) to have a human cause
(formal) to require human effort

Adjective

人為

(attributive) artificial; man-made; contrived

See also

(not to be confused with) 為人／为人 (wéirén)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
人	為
じん Grade: 1	い Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
人爲 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じんい [jíꜜǹ'ì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑĩɰ̃i]

Noun

人(じん)為(い) • (jin'i)

artificial, human work, man-made

Derived terms

人為的(じんいてき) (jin'iteki)
人為選択(じんいせんたく) (jin'isentaku)
人為淘汰(じんいとうた) (jin'itōta)
人為突然変異(じんいとつぜんへんい) (jin'itotsuzenhen'i)
人為(じんい)ミス (jin'imisu)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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