View source for 西人

==Chinese==
{{zh-forms}}

===Pronunciation===
{{zh-pron
|m=xīrén
|c=sai1 jan4
|mn=twk:se-jîn
|cat=n
}}

===Noun===
{{head|zh|noun}}

# [[Westerner]]
#* {{quote-book|zh|year=1902|author={{w|James Dyer Ball}}|title=How to Speak Cantonese|edition=second|location=Hongkong|publisher=Kelly & Walsh|pages=198–199|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/howtospeakcanton00ballrich/page/198/mode/2up}}
#*: {{zh-q|係 吖、火水 拿、先 二十 年 個陣時{si4-2} 不過 有 幾 個 西人 使 呮{zek1}。而家 拿、通 城{seng4} 都 有 火水 共 火水燈 賣。|Yes; kerosene, for instance. Twenty years ago it was only used by a few foreigners in China; and now kerosene and kerosene lamps are for sale all over the city.|C}}

====Synonyms====
{{zh-dial|西方人}}

====Descendants====
{{CJKV||せいじん|서인}}

{{wikipedia|lang=zh|西人黨}}

===Proper noun===
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# {{lb|zh|historical}} a [[political]] [[faction]] in the [[Korean]] [[court]] which [[emerge]]d in a [[dispute]] over the [[appropriate]] [[power]]s of [[royal]] [[in-law]]s in the 1570s, and which [[held]] [[power]] for [[most]] of the [[seventeenth]] [[century]]
#* {{zh-x|上 以 '''西人''' 為 枉，南人 為 直，故 夏鎭 進 說 於 上，請 日日 錯 '''西人''' 一 人，舉 南人 一 人||CL-KR|ref={{lang|zh|《朝鮮王朝實錄》}} (''{{w|Joseon Veritable Records}}''), 1675}}

==Korean==
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===Noun===
{{ko-noun|hangeul=서인|mr=|y=}}

# {{hanja form of|서인|[[Westerner]] {{q|rare}}; [[political]] [[faction]] {{q|historical}}}}