庶人

Chinese

		numerous; ordinary	person; human
simp. and trad. (庶人)		庶	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shùrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˋ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syu³ jan⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sìr-lîn / sù-lîn / sì-jîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shùrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˋ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shùrén
    • Wade–Giles: shu⁴-jên²
    • Yale: shù-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuhren
    • Palladius: шужэнь (šužɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syu³ jan⁴
    • Yale: syu yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sy³ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xu³ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syː³³ jɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìr-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: sìr-lîn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lin²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sù-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: sù-lîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suoliin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /su²¹⁻⁵³ lin²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /su²¹⁻⁴¹ lin²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /su¹¹⁻⁵³ lin²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì-jîn
    • Tâi-lô: sì-jîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siejiin
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si²¹⁻⁵³ d͡zin¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: syoH nyin

Rime
Character	庶	人
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	商署切	如鄰切
Baxter	syoH	nyin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕɨʌH/	/ȵiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɔH/	/ȵin/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕiɔH/	/ȵʑjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕɨə̆H/	/ȵin/
Li Rong	/ɕiɔH/	/ȵiĕn/
Wang Li	/ɕĭoH/	/ȵʑĭĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɕi̯woH/	/ȵʑi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shù	rén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	syu3	jan4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-tak-s  ni[ŋ]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*hljaɡs  njin/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	庶	人
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shù	rén
Middle Chinese	‹ syoH ›	‹ nyin ›
Old Chinese	/*s-tak-s/	/*ni[ŋ]/
English	numerous; commoner	(other) person
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	庶	人
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	11905	10800
Phonetic component	庶	人
Rime group	暮	眞
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	恕	仁
Old Chinese	/*hljaɡs/	/*njin/
Notes	甲金文火上爲石， 石亦聲，本炙初文

Noun

庶人

1. (literary) common people; commoner

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)
• 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)
• 布衣 (bùyī) (historical)
• 常人 (chángrén)
• 平人 (píngrén) (literary)
• 平常人 (píngchángrén)
• 平民 (píngmín)
• 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)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (庶人):

• → Japanese: 庶人(しょじん) (shojin)
• → Korean: 서인(庶人) (seoin)
• → Vietnamese: thứ nhân (庶人)

Korean

Hanja in this term
庶	人

Noun

庶人 • (seoin) (hangeul 서인)

1. hanja form^? of 서인 (“commoner (historical)”)