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何人 (nannin) Japanese meaning: how many people | Kotomora
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About how many people will come to the party?
A few people have already gone home.
Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 に 何なん 人にん いますか how many people are there in <place>?
How many people are in this classroom?
何なん 人にん 様さま ですか how many people (are in your party)? (polite, used by staff)
Welcome! How many people are in your party?
何なん 人にん ぐらい 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 about how many people (do something)
About how many people are coming to the party?
Expressions 何なん 人にん か some people; several people; a few people Related words 何名 is a more formal or polite way to ask 'how many people,' often used in business, reservations, or service settings, while 何人 is the everyday, neutral term.
Don't confuse with Written identically as 何人 but read なにじん, this word asks about a person's nationality ('what nationality'), whereas 何人 read なんにん asks about the number of people.
数人 (すうにん) states 'several people', while 何人 (なんにん), which looks almost identical in writing, is the question word 'how many people'.
何人 asks 'how many people?' as a question, while 何人か statement means 'some/several people' with an unspecified number.
何人 read なにびと means 'anyone/any person' in formal writing, while the same kanji read なんにん simply asks or states 'how many people'.
Etymology Compound of 何 (nan, 'what') and 人 (nin, counter for people). The reading なんにん is a regular combination.
