水星人

Chinese

		Mercury	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (水星人)		水星	人

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shuǐxīngrén

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄥㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² sing¹ jan⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐxīngrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄥㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shuěisingrén
  - Wade–Giles: shui³-hsing¹-jên²
  - Yale: shwěi-syīng-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeishingren
  - Palladius: шуйсинжэнь (šujsinžɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: seoi² sing¹ jan⁴
  - Yale: séui sīng yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey² sing¹ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêu² xing¹ yen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/

Noun

水星人

(science fiction) Mercurian (inhabitant of Mercury)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
水	星	人
すい Grade: 1	せい Grade: 2	じん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

水星(すいせい) (suisei, “Mercury”) + 人(じん) (-jin, “human”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) すいせーじん [sùíséꜜèjìǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
IPA^(key): [sɨise̞ːʑĩɴ]

Noun

水(すい)星(せい)人(じん) • (suiseijin)

(science fiction) a Mercurian (inhabitant of Mercury)