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Jyutping je5 jan4
Pinyin yě rén

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. a savage
  2. uncivilized person
  3. (old) commoner
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    savage; barbarian; wild man; uncivilized human
  2. noun, archaic
    common person; non-politician; non-government person; civilian
  3. noun
    ruffian; unrefined person; tramp
    (syn.) 鄉下人, 内山猴, 鄉巴佬, 山猴, 阿乡, 村驴, 怯子, 山汉, 阿土, 村驢, 乡巴佬, 乡下𤖯, 土包子, 山內庸, 土巴佬, 山龜, 山龟, 鄉裡寶, 農老二, 農圪欖, 山漢, 山牯, 山内庸, 二老倌, 鄉下𤖯, 山巴佬, 内山庸, 內山猴, 乡社庸, 乡下人, 內山庸, 牛子, 农老二, 乡佬, 鄉社庸, 乡里宝, 鄉佬, 阿鄉, 乡下佬, 鄉下佬, 农圪榄
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    深山野人
    深山野人
    sam1 saan1 je5 jan4
    • a barbarian living deep in the woods
  2. Cantonese
    哗,间草屋咁靓,要我入去做一个月深山野人我唔拘呀。
    嘩,間草屋咁靚,要我入去做一個月深山野人我唔拘呀。
    waa3, gaan1 cou2 uk1 gam3 leng3, jiu3 ngo5 jap6 heoi3 zou6 jat1 go3 jyut6 saam1 saan1 je5 jan4 ngo5 m4 keoi1 aa3.
    • Whoa, that's one beautiful hut! I wouldn't mind living there completely cut off from the world for a month.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    在中国人称为野人埠的亚包上岸
    在中國人稱為野人埠的亞包上岸
    zài zhōng guó rén chēng wèi yě rén bù de yà bāo shàn gàn
    • alighted upon Rabaul, known to Chinese as the Port of Savages
  2. Mandarin
    因为新几内亚一切落后,华人称亚包为野人埠
    因為新幾內亞一切落後,華人稱亞包為野人埠
    yīn wèi xīn jǐ nèi yà yī qiè luò hòu , huá rén chēng yà bāo wèi yě rén bù
    • because of the general laggard development of New Guinea, Chinese call Rabaul the Port of Savages
  3. Mandarin
    由于气候炎热,又较香港、新加坡落后,华人把亚包称为野人埠。
    由於氣候炎熱,又較香港、新加坡落後,華人把亞包稱為野人埠。
    yóu yú qì hòu yán rè , yòu jiào xiāng gǎng , xīn jiā pō luò hòu , huá rén bǎ yà bāo chēng wèi yě rén bù .
    • because its climate is hot, and because it is behind Hong Kong and Singapore in terms of development, the Chinese call Rabaul the Port of Savages
  4. Mandarin
    当他们到了新几内亚,发现亚包只是个「野人埠」,大部分的中国人都是当劳工,心理一定觉得很失望。
    當他們到了新幾內亞,發現亞包只是個「野人埠」,大部分的中國人都是當勞工,心理一定覺得很失望。
    dāng tā men dào - le xīn jǐ nèi yà , fā xiàn yà bāo zhǐ shì ge “ yě rén bù ” , dà bù fēn de zhōng guó rén dōu shì dāng láo gōng , xīn lǐ yī dìng jué de hěn shī wàng .
    • When they arrived in New Guinea and discovered that Rabaul is a mere "Port of Savages", where the majority of Chinese are laborers, they were guaranteed to feel disappointment.