旁若無人

See also: 旁若无人 and 傍若無人

Chinese

		beside; one side; other beside; one side; other; side; self	to seem; like; as to seem; like; as; if	not have	man; person; people
trad. (旁若無人)		旁	若	無	人
simp. (旁若无人)		旁	若	无	人
alternative forms		傍若無人／傍若无人
Literally: “as if no one is by one's side”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pángruòwúrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄤˊ ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄨˊ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pong⁴ joek⁶ mou⁴ jan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pángruòwúrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄤˊ ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄨˊ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pángruòwúrén
    • Wade–Giles: pʻang²-jo⁴-wu²-jên²
    • Yale: páng-rwò-wú-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: parngruohwuren
    • Palladius: панжо’ужэнь (panžo’užɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑŋ³⁵ ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹ u³⁵ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pong⁴ joek⁶ mou⁴ jan⁴
    • Yale: pòhng yeuhk mòuh yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pong⁴ joek⁹ mou⁴ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pong⁴ yêg⁶ mou⁴ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔːŋ²¹ jœːk̚² mou̯²¹ jɐn²¹/

Idiom

旁若無人

1. to selfishly do what one wants without regard to other people's wishes

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (旁若無人):

• → Japanese: 傍(ぼう)若(じゃく)無(ぶ)人(じん) (bōjakubujin)
• → Korean: 방약무인(傍若無人) (bang'yangmu'in)