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人質

人質

See also: 人质

Chinese

		man; person; people	hostage; substance; nature hostage; substance; nature; quality
trad. (人質)		人	質
simp. (人质)		人	质

Noun

人質

hostage

Japanese

Kanji in this term
人	質
ひと Grade: 1	しち > じち Grade: 5
on'yomi

Noun

人質 ‎(hiragana ひとじち, romaji hitojichi)

See also

人質 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): rénzhì

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄓˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ zi³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngìn-chṳt
Min Nan (POJ): jîn-chit / lîn-chit / jîn-chì / lîn-chì

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: rénzhì
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄓˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renjyh
  - IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    
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    人治
    人質／人质
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jan⁴ zi³
  - Yale: yàhn ji
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ dzi³
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ t͡siː³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngìn-chṳt
  - Hakka Romanization System: nginˇ ziid`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngin² zid⁵
  - IPA: /ɲin¹¹ t͡sɨt̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jîn-chit
  - Tâi-lô: jîn-tsit
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jincid
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /d͡ʑin²³⁻³³ t͡ɕit̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-chit
  - Tâi-lô: lîn-tsit
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lincid
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lin²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕit̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lin²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕit̚⁵/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lin²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡ɕit̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jîn-chì
  - Tâi-lô: jîn-tsì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jincix
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ʑin¹³⁻²² t͡ɕi²¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-chì
  - Tâi-lô: lîn-tsì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lincix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lin²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕi²¹/