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伊人

Mandarin · pinyin yī rén

(literary) that person (usually female)
she
one's intended

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伊: yī · third person pronoun; he, she, this, that
人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else

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1–2 · yi1 ren2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ji1 jan4

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noun

(literary, often of a woman) that person
(literary) one's beloved; one's sweetheart
(Teochew, Malaysian Hokkien, Singapore Hokkien and Longyan Min) they; them

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