何許人

Chinese

		what place; where; how	man; person; people
trad. (何許人)		何許	人
simp. (何许人)		何许	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): héxǔrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄒㄩˇ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ho⁴ heoi² jan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: héxǔrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄒㄩˇ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hésyǔrén
    • Wade–Giles: ho²-hsü³-jên²
    • Yale: hé-syǔ-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hersheuren
    • Palladius: хэсюйжэнь (xɛsjujžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ho⁴ heoi² jan⁴
    • Yale: hòh héui yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ho⁴ hoey² jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ho⁴ hêu² yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː²¹ hɵy̯³⁵ jɐn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: ha xjoX nyin

Rime
Character	何	許	人
Reading #	1/2	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	曉 (32)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)	魚 (22)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III	III
Fanqie	胡歌切	虚吕切	如鄰切
Baxter	ha	xjoX	nyin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɑ/	/hɨʌX/	/ȵiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦɑ/	/hiɔX/	/ȵin/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɑ/	/xiɔX/	/ȵʑjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦa/	/hɨə̆X/	/ȵin/
Li Rong	/ɣɑ/	/xiɔX/	/ȵiĕn/
Wang Li	/ɣɑ/	/xĭoX/	/ȵʑĭĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣɑ/	/xi̯woX/	/ȵʑi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hé	xǔ	rén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ho4	heoi2	jan4

Noun

何許人

1. (literary) person from where
2. (literary) what kind of person

   • 人皆以為不治產業饒給，又不知其何許人，愈爭事之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     人皆以为不治产业饶给，又不知其何许人，愈争事之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Wang Chong, Lun Heng (Discussive Weighing), 80 CE

     Rén jiē yǐwèi bù zhì chǎnyè ráogěi, yòu bù zhī qí héxǔrén, yù zhēng shì zhī. [Pinyin]

     As people believed that he did not do any business, and was yet richly provided with everything, and as nobody knew what sort of a man he really was, there was a general competition in offering him services.

   • 釋順道不知何許人也。邁德高標，慈忍濟物。 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]

     From: 1215, 《海東高僧傳》 (Biographies of Great Monks of Korea)

     Seok Sundo bu ji heoha'in ya. Maedeok gopyo, ja'in je mul. [Sino-Korean]

     It is not known what kind of person Seok Sundo was. He was of surpassing virtue and lofty character, and with compassion and perseverance he gave succor to the world.