人情 (jan4 cing4) — human emotions in Cantonese
janˎ₄人cingˎ₄情Mandarin Pinyin: ren2 qing2
Meaning of 人情
nounhuman emotions
nouna favour; a good turn
nounsocial relationships | [粵]: also 人事
nounmonetary gift for one's wedding (Cantonese)
Example Sentences with 人情
janˎ₄人cingˎ₄情mouˏ₅冇lai5.禮。
Favors lack politeness.
taiˊ²睇zoiˍ₆在janˎ₄人cingˎ₄情fanˍ₆份soeng6,上，dakˉ¹得laa3.喇。
Out of consideration for someone, it's fine.
neiˏ₅你haiˍ₆係meˉ¹咩janˎ₄人cingˎ₄情
What kind of person are you?
keoiˏ₅佢sengˎ₄成jatˍ₆日sung˗₃送janˎ₄人cing4.情。
He's always doing favors for people.
niˉ¹呢diˉ¹啲mˎ₄唔haiˍ₆係sung˗₃送janˎ₄人cing4.情。
This isn't a favor.
Characters in 人情
Words Containing 人情
做人情zou6 jan4 cing4
to give somebody a favor
人情味jan4 cing4 mei6
human touch - to possess humane qualities
出人情牌ceot jan4 cing4 paai2
make use of one's friendship (to influence people); appeal to people's sentiments [literal] play the sentimental card [variant] 打人情牌
順水人情seon6 seoi2 jan4 cing4
a favour following the flow of water
不近人情bat1 gan6 jan4 cing4
not amenable to reason; unreasonable
風土人情fung1 tou2 jan4 cing4
local conditions and customs
有人情jau5 jan4 cing4
humane
人情薄過紙jan4 cing4 bok6 gwo3 zi2
human relationship is thinner than a paper, which means a relationship can be very weak
送人情sung3 jan4 cing4
to do favours at no great cost to oneself
打人情牌daa2 jan4 cing4 paai2
出人情牌
借係人情唔借係道理ze3 hai6 jan4 cing4 m4 ze3 hai6 dou6 lei5
借是人情不借是道理
還人情waan4 jan4 cing4
return a favour; send gifts in return
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