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布衣

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Chinese

		to declare; to announce; to spread to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known; spread; (cotton) cloth	gown; clothes; to dress gown; clothes; to dress; to wear
simp. and trad. (布衣)		布	衣

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùyī

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bou³ ji¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùyī
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùyi
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-i¹
  - Yale: bù-yī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buhi
  - Palladius: буи (bui)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ i⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    不一
    不依
    布依
    布衣
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bou³ ji¹
  - Yale: bou yī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bou³ ji¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bou³ yi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³³ jiː⁵⁵/

Noun

布衣

cotton clothes
(historical) ordinary people; commoners
- 臣本布衣，躬耕於南陽。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  臣本布衣，躬耕于南阳。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 227, 諸葛亮 (Zhuge Liang), 《出師表》
  Chén běn bùyī, gōnggēng yú Nányáng. [Pinyin]
  I was originally a commoner who farmed in Nanyang himself.

Synonyms

(ordinary people):

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)
兆民 (zhàomín) (archaic)
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)
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)

Derived terms

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