素人
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]plain; element | man; person; people | ||
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simp. and trad. (素人) |
素 | 人 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄙㄨˋ ㄖㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sùrén
- Wade–Giles: su4-jên2
- Yale: sù-rén
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suhren
- Palladius: сужэнь (sužɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /su⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: sou3 jan4
- Yale: sou yàhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: sou3 jan4
- Guangdong Romanization: sou3 yen4
- Sinological IPA (key): /sou̯³³ jɐn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
[edit]素人
Derived terms
[edit]Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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素 | 人 |
しろ Grade: 5 |
うと Grade: 1 |
kun'yomi |
Kanji in this term | |
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素 | 人 |
しろ Grade: 5 |
と Grade: 1 |
kun'yomi |
Kanji in this term | |
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素 | 人 |
しろ > しら Grade: 5 |
ひと > びと Grade: 1 |
kun'yomi |
Etymology
[edit]Compound of 素 (shiro, “plain, undecorated”) + 人 (uto, “person”).
The term 人 (hito, “person”) appears in various older compounds with a root form of 人 (*puto → *buto → *udo, *puto → *futo → *uto). This form is never seen in isolation, and it often undergoes further phonetic changes to combine with preceding vowels. Compare the formation of 仲人 (nakōdo), from naka + udo; 旅人 (tabiudo), from tabi + udo.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Tokyo) しろーと [shíꜜròòtò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
- (Tokyo) しろーと [shìróꜜòtò] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2]
- IPA(key): [ɕiɾo̞ːto̞]
Noun
[edit]素人 or 素人 or 素人 • (shirōto or shiroto or shirabito)
- amateur, novice
- respectable woman (one who is not a prostitute, geisha, or hostess)
- (archaic, dialectal, Kyoto) unlicensed prostitute
References
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- zh:People
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- Japanese terms spelled with 人 read as うと
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