偽人

Homophonic pun on 藝人 / 艺人 (ngai⁶ jan⁴, “artist; actor”).

偽人

1. (Cantonese) hypocritical artist

Semantic loan from alterative, a term coined within English-speaking online analogue horror and found footage communities, referring to a non-human entity that replaces or mimics humans. The Chinese term is a direct translation or calque, using 僞／伪 (“false; fake; pseudo”) + 人 (rén, “person; human”).

偽人

1. (Internet, subculture, science fiction, horror) An entity that mimics, replaces, or psychologically corrupts a human being, often imperfectly; a non-human, paraphysical, or extra-dimensional being that exploits the uncanny valley to cause psychological distress; alterative; pseudohuman.

   那影片裡的怪物簡直就是個僞人，長得太像真人卻又不完全是。 [MSC, trad.]
   那影片里的怪物简直就是个伪人，长得太像真人却又不完全是。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nà yǐngpiàn lǐ de guàiwù jiǎnzhí jiù shì ge wěirén, cháng dé tài xiàng zhēnrén què yòu bù wánquán shì. [Pinyin]

   The monster in that video is practically an alterative; it looks so much like a real person yet isn't quite right.

   他懷疑電視裡的主播已經被僞人替換了。 [MSC, trad.]
   他怀疑电视里的主播已经被伪人替换了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā huáiyí diànshì lǐ de zhǔbō yǐjīng bèi wěirén tìhuàn le. [Pinyin]

   He suspected that the anchor on TV had been replaced by an alterative.