使用人

Chinese

		to use; to utilize; to employ to use; to utilize; to employ; to apply; expense; expenditure	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (使用人)		使用	人

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sú-iōng-lâng

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sú-iōng-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: sú-iōng-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: swioxnglaang
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iɔŋ³³⁻²¹ laŋ²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ laŋ²⁴/

Noun

使用人

(Taiwanese Hokkien) servant

Synonyms

使人 (literary)
傭人 / 佣人
僕人 / 仆人 (púrén)
僕役 / 仆役 (púyì)
僕隸 / 仆隶 (púlì) (literary)
太保 (tàibǎo) (literary, honorific)
奴僕 / 奴仆 (núpú)
奴役 (núyì) (literary)
家人 (jiārén) (archaic)
底下人 (dǐxiarén)
臣僕 / 臣仆 (chénpú) (literary)
蒼頭 / 苍头 (cŏng-tàu) (Eastern Min, dated, derogatory)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
使	用	人
し Grade: 3	よう Grade: 2	にん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

使用(しよう) (shiyō) + 人(にん) (-nin)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しよーにん [shìyóóníń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕijo̞ːɲ̟ĩɴ]

Noun

使(し)用(よう)人(にん) • (shiyōnin)

employee
Synonym: 会社員
servant
Synonyms: 下人, 召使い, 下僕, 下男, 下女

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN