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巨人

巨人

Chinese

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

Noun

巨人

  1. giant

Derived terms

  • 巨人症
  • 泥足巨人

Japanese

Kanji in this term
きょ
Grade: S
じん
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology 1

(kyo, giant) + (jin, man)

Pronunciation

Noun

巨人 (hiragana きょじん, romaji kyojin)

  1. a giant
  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, romaji 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 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

巨人 (geoin) (hangeul 거인)

  1. Hanja form? of 거인, “giant”.