巨人

Chinese
 
very large; huge; tremendous; gigantic
 man; person; people
simp. and trad.
(巨人)		 巨 人

Pronunciation

Noun

巨人

  1. giant
    站在巨人的肩膀上 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
    zhàn zài jùrén de jiānbǎng shàng [Pinyin]
    to stand on the shoulders of giants

Derived terms
  • 女巨人 (“giantess”)
  • 巨人族
  • 巨人柱 (jùrénzhù)
  • 巨人症
  • 泥足巨人

Japanese
Kanji in this term
巨 人
きょ
Grade: S		 じん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology 1

巨 (kyo, “giant”) +‎ 人 (jin, “man”)

Pronunciation

Noun

巨人 (hiragana きょじん, rōmaji kyojin)

  1. a giant
    進撃 (しんげき)の巨 (きょ)人 (じん)
    Shingeki no Kyojin
    Attack on Titan
    (literally, “Advancing Giants”)
  2. a mythical giant
  3. a very tall person
  4. a great person
Antonyms

Etymology 2

Originally an abbreviation for 東京巨人軍 (とうきょうきょじんぐん, ​Tōkyō Kyojin-gun), which is now the Yomiuri Giants.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

巨人 (hiragana きょじん, rōmaji Kyojin)

  1. (baseball) the Yomiuri Giants, a baseball team in Japan

References
  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
巨人

Noun

巨人 • (geoin) (hangeul 거인)

  1. Hanja form? of 거인 (“giant”).
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