兆民

Chinese

		in large quantities	people
simp. and trad. (兆民)		兆	民

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhàomín

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄠˋ ㄇㄧㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhàomín
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄠˋ ㄇㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhàomín
    • Wade–Giles: chao⁴-min²
    • Yale: jàu-mín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jawmin
    • Palladius: чжаоминь (čžaominʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹ min³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: drjewX mjin

Rime
Character	兆	民
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	宵 (92)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	治小切	彌鄰切
Baxter	drjewX	mjin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖˠiᴇuX/	/miɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖᵚiɛuX/	/min/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiæuX/	/mjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖiawX/	/min/
Li Rong	/ȡjɛuX/	/miĕn/
Wang Li	/ȡĭɛuX/	/mĭĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯ɛuX/	/mi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhào	mín
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ziu6	man4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*lr[a]wʔ  mi[ŋ]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*l'ewʔ  min/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	兆	民
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhào	mín
Middle Chinese	‹ drjewX ›	‹ mjin ›
Old Chinese	/*lr[a]wʔ/	/*mi[ŋ]/
English	great number	people
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	兆	民
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	16856	9130
Phonetic component	兆	民
Rime group	宵	眞
Rime subdivision	2	1
Corresponding MC rime	肇	民
Old Chinese	/*l'ewʔ/	/*min/

Noun

兆民

1. (archaic) the common people; the masses; ordinary citizens

   • 一人有慶，兆民賴之，其寧惟永。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     一人有庆，兆民赖之，其宁惟永。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Documents, circa 7^th – 4^th centuries BCE

     Yīrén yǒu qìng, zhàomín lài zhī, qí níng wéi yǒng. [Pinyin]

     One man possesses goodness, the populace rely on that; peace shall be everlasting.

Synonyms

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• 一般人 (yībānrén)
• 世人 (shìrén)
• 世間人／世间人 (Hokkien)
• 人士 (rénshì) (literary)
• 人民 (rénmín)
• 人群 (rénqún)
• 人萌 (rénméng) (literary)
• 俗人 (súrén)
• 俗子 (súzǐ) (literary)
• 𫣆人 (Hakka)
• 公眾／公众 (gōngzhòng)
• 凡人 (fánrén)
• 凡夫 (fánfū) (literary)
• 匹夫 (pǐfū) (literary)
• 四眾人／四众人 (si³ zing³ nang⁵) (Teochew)
• 士人 (shìrén) (archaic)
• 大眾／大众 (dàzhòng)
• 子民 (zǐmín) (historical)
• 家人 (jiārén) (archaic)
• 布衣 (bùyī) (historical)
• 常人 (chángrén)
• 平人 (píngrén) (literary)
• 平常人 (píngchángrén)
• 平民 (píngmín)
• 庶人 (shùrén) (literary)
• 庶民 (shùmín) (literary)
• 斯人 (sīrén) (Classical Chinese)
• 普通人 (pǔtōngrén)
• 民人 (mínrén) (literary)
• 民眾／民众 (mínzhòng)
• 烝民 (zhēngmín) (literary)
• 烝黎 (zhēnglí) (Classical Chinese)
• 白衣 (báiyī) (historical)
• 白衣人 (báiyīrén) (historical)
• 白身 (báishēn) (archaic)
• 白身人 (báishēnrén) (archaic)
• 百姓
• 眾人／众人 (zhòngrén) (literary)
• 萬姓／万姓 (wànxìng) (archaic)
• 群眾／群众 (qúnzhòng)
• 老百姓 (lǎobǎixìng)
• 良人 (liángrén) (literary)
• 草民 (cǎomín) (the worthless ordinary people)
• 草菅 (cǎojiān) (Classical Chinese, figurative)
• 草野 (cǎoyě) (literary, figurative)
• 萌 (literary)
• 野人 (yěrén) (archaic)
• 黎庶 (líshù) (literary)
• 黎民 (límín) (literary)
• 黎首 (líshǒu) (archaic)
• 黔首 (qiánshǒu) (archaic)
• 黔黎 (archaic)