璧人

Chinese

		piece of jade with hole in centre	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (璧人)		璧	人

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bìrén

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bik¹ jan⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bìrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bìrén
  - Wade–Giles: pi⁴-jên²
  - Yale: bì-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihren
  - Palladius: бижэнь (bižɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bik¹ jan⁴
  - Yale: bīk yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bik⁷ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: big¹ yen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪk̚⁵ jɐn²¹/

Noun

璧人

(figurative) beautiful person
- 2022, “老派約會之必要 [A Gentleman's Guide to Old-Fashioned Dating]”, 黃偉文 [Wyman Wong] (lyrics), 陳澤鴻 [GooChan] and 張天賦 [MC] (music)‎performed by 張天賦 [MC]:
  
  明月正偷窺這對璧人 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
  明月正偷窥这对璧人 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
  ming⁴ jyut⁶ zing³ tau¹ kwai¹ ze² deoi³ bik¹ jan⁴ [Jyutping]
  The bright moon is peeking at this beautiful couple

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