日本人 [－－－]

Jyutping jat6 bun2 jan4
Pinyin rì běn rén

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. Japanese person or people
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    Japanese person
    (syn.) 东洋鬼子, 東瀛人, 倭夷, 東洋鬼子, 东洋人, 倭人, 日人, 霓虹金, 倭子, 東洋人, 本子, 东瀛人, 倭寇, 日本鬼子
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    日本人放弃了战争。
    日本人放棄了戰爭。
    rì běn rén fàng qì le zhàn zhēng 。
    • The Japanese people have renounced war.
  2. Mandarin
    一个日本人决不可能做这种事。
    一個日本人決不可能做這種事。
    yí gè rì běn rén jué bù kě néng zuò zhè zhǒng shì 。
    • A Japanese would never do such a thing.
  3. Mandarin
    你是中国人还是日本人？
    你是中國人還是日本人？
    nǐ shì zhōng guó rén hái shi rì běn rén ？
    • Are you Chinese or Japanese?
  4. Mandarin
    访客通常在进入一户日本人家之前会被要求脱鞋。
    訪客通常在進入一户日本人家之前會被要求脱鞋。
    fǎng kè tōng cháng zài jìn rù yī hù rì běn rén jiā zhī qián huì bèi yāo qiú tuō xié 。
    • Visitors are usually asked to remove their shoes before they enter a Japanese house.
    • At the entrance of a Japanese house, visitors are generally asked to take off their shoes.
  5. Mandarin
    我们经常听说日本人工作勤奋。
    我們經常聽説日本人工作勤奮。
    wǒ men jīng cháng tīng shuō rì běn rén gōng zuò qín fèn 。
    • We often hear it said that the Japanese are good workers.
    • It is often said that the Japanese are hard workers.
Examples (Tatoeba—Cantonese-English)
  1. Cantonese
    直率喺日本人嘅眼里面并唔系一种美德。
    直率喺日本人嘅眼裏面並唔係一種美德。
    zik6 seot1 hai2 jat6 bun2 jan4 ge3 ngaan5 leoi5 min6 bing3 m4 hai6 jat1 zung2 mei5 dak1 。
    • Showing your real feelings is not considered a virtue in Japan.
  2. Cantonese
    日本人每日食三餐。
    日本人每日食三餐。
    jat6 bun2 jan4 mui5 jat6 sik6 saam1 caan1 。
    • Japanese people take three meals a day.
    • Japanese eat three meals a day.
  3. Cantonese
    日本人钟意食吞拿鱼。
    日本人鐘意食吞拿魚。
    jat6 bun2 jan4 zung1 ji3 sik6 tan1 naa4 jyu4 。
    • Japanese people like to eat tuna.
  4. Cantonese
    佢个女朋友系日本人。
    佢個女朋友係日本人。
    keoi5 go3 neoi5 pang4 jau5 hai6 jat6 bun2 jan4 。
    • His girlfriend is Japanese.
  5. Cantonese
    Nike 一个广告就激嬲咗好多日本人。
    Nike 一個廣告就激嬲咗好多日本人。
    N i k e jat1 go3 gwong2 gou3 zau6 gik1 niu5 zo2 hou2 do1 jat6 bun2 jan4 。
    • With just one commercial, Nike has managed to provoke a lot of Japanese people.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    日文嘅敬语都几难学㗎，连日本人都会搞错。
    日文嘅敬語都幾難學㗎，連日本人都會搞錯。
    jat6 man2 ge3 ging3 jyu5 dou1 gei2 naan4 hok6 gaa3, lin4 jat6 bun2 jan4 dou1 wui5 gaau2 co3.
    • The Japanese honorifics are so difficult to learn that even Japanese people may make mistakes.
  2. Cantonese
    日本人好钟意浸浴。
    日本人好鍾意浸浴。
    jat6 bun2 jan4 hou2 zung1 ji3 zam3 juk6.
    • The Japanese love to bath.
  3. Cantonese
    日本人觉得风铃可以带嚟好运。
    日本人覺得風鈴可以帶嚟好運。
    jat6 bun2 jan4 gok3 dak1 fung1 ling4 ho2 ji5 dai3 loi4 hou2 wan6.
    • The Japanese believe wind chimes can bring people good luck.
  4. Cantonese
    AKB48系日本人气偶像团体。
    AKB48係日本人氣偶像團體。
    ei1 kei1 bi1 sei3 sap6 baat3 hai6 jat6 bun2 jan4 hei3 ngau5 zoeng6 tyun4 tai2.
    • AKB48 is a popular Japanese idol group.
  5. Cantonese
    佢想扮日本人，但系一出声讲嘢就露出马脚嘞。
    佢想扮日本人，但係一出聲講嘢就露出馬腳嘞。
    keoi5 soeng2 baan6 jat6 bun2 jan4, daan6 hai6 jat1 ceot1 seng1 gong2 je5 zau6 lou6 ceot1 maa5 goek3 laak3.
    • She wanted to act like a Japanese but she exposed her trick when she spoke.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    你是日本人吗？不，我不是。
    你是日本人嗎？不，我不是。
    nǐ shì rì běn rén ma ？ bù ， wǒ bú shì ．
    • Are you Japanese? No, I'm not.
  2. Mandarin
    “小确幸”，连日本人都看不懂是什么。典出村上春树“小而确实的幸福”，而为什么在台湾发扬光大，台湾人幸福追求不了、非得要减码才落实？
    “小確幸”，連日本人都看不懂是什麼。典出村上春樹“小而確實的幸福”，而為什麼在台灣發揚光大，台灣人幸福追求不了、非得要減碼才落實？
    “ xiǎo què xìng ” ， lián rì běn rén dōu kàn bù dǒng shì shén me ． diǎn chū cūn shàng chūn shù “ xiǎo ér què shí de xìng fú ” ， ér wèi shén me zài tái wān fā yáng guāng dà ， tái wān rén xìng fú zhuī qiú bù le ， fēi dé yào jiǎn mǎ cái luò shí ？
    • X
  3. Mandarin
    变法变得人心惶惶，怨声载道。居然还找日本人当顾问。这不是引狼入室，请鬼来开药方呢？
    變法變得人心惶惶，怨聲載道。居然還找日本人當顧問。這不是引狼入室，請鬼來開藥方呢？
    biàn fǎ biàn dé rén xīn huáng huáng ， yuàn shēng zǎi dào ． jū rán hái zhǎo rì běn rén dāng gù wèn ． zhè bù shì yǐn láng rù shì ， qǐng guǐ lái kāi yào fāng ne ？
    • The administrative reform has turned public sentiment into fright that hue and cry can be heard from every corner. Yet you went to extremes to get a Japanese to serve as your adviser? Isn't this an act of leading a wolf into your chamber, inviting a ghost to write for you a medication order?
  4. Mandarin
    变法变得人心惶惶，怨声载道。居然还找日本人当顾问。这不是引狼入室，请鬼来开药方呢？
    變法變得人心惶惶，怨聲載道。居然還找日本人當顧問。這不是引狼入室，請鬼來開藥方呢？
    biàn fǎ biàn dé rén xīn huáng huáng ， yuàn shēng zài dào ． jū rán hái zhǎo rì běn rén dāng gù wèn ． zhè bù shì yǐn láng rù shì ， qǐng guǐ lái kāi yào fāng ne ？
    • The administrative reform has turned public sentiment into fright that hue and cry can be heard from every corner. Yet you went to extremes to get a Japanese to serve as your adviser? Isn't this an act of leading a wolf into your chamber, inviting a ghost to write for you a medication order?