西人

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Chinese

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west man; person; people
simp. and trad.
(西人)
西

Pronunciation

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Noun

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西人

  1. Westerner

Synonyms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (西人):
  • Japanese: 西人(せいじん) (seijin)
  • Korean: 서인(西人) (seoin)
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Proper noun

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西人

  1. (historical) a political faction in the Korean court which emerged in a dispute over the appropriate powers of royal in-laws in the 1570s, and which held power for most of the seventeenth century

Korean

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Hanja in this term
西

Noun

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西人 (seoin) (hangeul 서인)

  1. hanja form? of 서인 (Westerner (rare); political faction (historical))