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雪人

雪人

Chinese

		snow	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (雪人)		雪	人

Noun

雪人

snowman
(cryptozoology) yeti

Descendants

Korean: 설인 ‎(seorin, “yeti”)
Vietnamese: người tuyết ‎(“snowman; yeti”) (calque)

Korean

Hanja in this term
雪	人

Noun

雪人 • ‎(seorin, McCune-Reischauer: sŏrin, Yale: sel.in) ‎(hangeul 설인)

Hanja form^? of 설인, “yeti”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xuěrén

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): syut³ jan⁴
Min Nan (POJ): seh-lâng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: xuěrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheueren
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕɥ̯œ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʐən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: xuěrénr
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄖㄣˊㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheuerel
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕɥ̯œ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʐəɻ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: syut³ jan⁴
  - Yale: syut yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: syt⁸ jan⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕyːt̚³ jɐn²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seh-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: seh-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sehlaang
  - IPA (Xiamen): /se(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /se(ʔ)⁵ laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /se(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ laŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /se(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /se(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ laŋ²³/