穴居人

Chinese

		to live in caves	man; person; people
trad. (穴居人)		穴居	人
simp. ^#(穴居人)		穴居	人

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xuéjūrén, xuèjūrén

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄐㄩㄖㄣˊ, ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄐㄩㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyut⁶ geoi¹ jan⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xuéjūrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄐㄩㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syuéjyurén
  - Wade–Giles: hsüeh²-chü¹-jên²
  - Yale: sywé-jyū-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuejiuren
  - Palladius: сюэцзюйжэнь (sjueczjujžɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ t͡ɕy⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xuèjūrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄐㄩㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syuèjyurén
  - Wade–Giles: hsüeh⁴-chü¹-jên²
  - Yale: sywè-jyū-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuehjiuren
  - Palladius: сюэцзюйжэнь (sjueczjujžɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹ t͡ɕy⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyut⁶ geoi¹ jan⁴
  - Yale: yuht gēui yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyt⁹ goey¹ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yud⁶ gêu¹ yen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːt̚² kɵy̯⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/

Noun

穴居人

cave dweller; troglodyte

Japanese

Kanji in this term
穴	居	人
けつ > けっ Grade: 6	きょ Grade: 5	じん Grade: 1
kan'on

Etymology

By surface analysis, 穴居(けっきょ) (kekkyo, “cave dwell”) + 人(じん) (-jin, “person”). Maybe Middle Chinese. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) けっきょじん [kèkkyóꜜjìǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
IPA^(key): [ke̞k̚ʲkʲo̞ʑĩɴ]

Noun

穴(けっ)居(きょ)人(じん) • (kekkyojin)

caveman; troglodyte