Chinese

Noun

巨人

1. giant

Derived terms

Japanese

Etymology 1

巨 ‎(kyo, “giant”) +‎ 人 ‎(jin, “man”)

Pronunciation

• On'yomi: Kan'on
• (Tokyo) きょじん [kyòjíń] (Heiban - [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [kjo̞d͡ʑĩɴ]

Noun

巨人 ‎(hiragana きょじん, romaji kyojin)

1. a giant
2. a mythical giant
3. a very tall person
4. a great person

Antonyms

• 矮人 (わいじん) ‎(waijin, “dwarf”)

Etymology 2

Originally an abbreviation for 東京巨人軍 (とうきょうきょじんぐん, ​Tōkyō Kyojin-gun), which is now the Yomiuri Giants.

Pronunciation

• On'yomi: Kan'on
• (Tokyo) きょ​じん [kyóꜜjìǹ] (Atamadaka - [1])
• IPA^(key): [kjo̞d͡ʑĩɴ]

Proper noun

巨人 ‎(hiragana きょじん, romaji Kyojin)

1. (baseball) the Yomiuri Giants, a baseball team in Japan

References

1. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Noun

巨人 • ‎(geoin) ‎(hangeul 거인)

1. Hanja form^? of 거인, “giant”.