舉人

Chinese

		to lift; to hold up; to cite to lift; to hold up; to cite; to enumerate; to act; to raise; to choose; to elect	man; person; people
trad. (舉人)		舉	人
simp. (举人)		举	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jǔrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˇ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi² jan⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kú-lîn / kí-jîn / kú-jîn / kí-lîn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ge² ring⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jǔrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˇ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyǔrén
    • Wade–Giles: chü³-jên²
    • Yale: jyǔ-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeuren
    • Palladius: цзюйжэнь (czjujžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: geoi² jan⁴
    • Yale: géui yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goey² jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gêu² yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵy̯³⁵ jɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kú-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: kú-lîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kwliin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ku⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lin²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kí-jîn
    • Tâi-lô: kí-jîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kyjiin
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zin²³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kú-jîn
    • Tâi-lô: kú-jîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kwjiin
    • IPA (Taipei): /ku⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡zin²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ku⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zin²³/
  • (Hokkien: Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kí-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: kí-lîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kyliin
    • IPA (Philippines): /ki⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lin²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ge² ring⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kṳ́ jîng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɯ⁵²⁻³⁵ d͡ziŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kjoX nyin

Rime
Character	舉	人
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	居許切	如鄰切
Baxter	kjoX	nyin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨʌX/	/ȵiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/kiɔX/	/ȵin/
Shao Rongfen	/kiɔX/	/ȵʑjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɨə̆X/	/ȵin/
Li Rong	/kiɔX/	/ȵiĕn/
Wang Li	/kĭoX/	/ȵʑĭĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ki̯woX/	/ȵʑi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jǔ	rén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	geoi2	jan4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.q(r)aʔ  ni[ŋ]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*klaʔ  njin/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	舉	人
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jǔ	rén
Middle Chinese	‹ kjoX ›	‹ nyin ›
Old Chinese	/*C.q(r)aʔ/	/*ni[ŋ]/
English	lift, raise	(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	舉	人
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	15888	10800
Phonetic component	舁	人
Rime group	魚	眞
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	舉	仁
Old Chinese	/*klaʔ/	/*njin/
Notes	舁轉註字，說文從手與聲， 漢碑隸變作此

Noun

舉人

1. (historical) successful candidate in the imperial examination at the provincial level
2. (Philippine Hokkien, dice games) a dice roll with two faces of four in a Mooncake Festival Dice Game

   Synonym: 二舉 / 二举

Verb

舉人

1. (literary) to lift a person
2. (literary) to recommend a talented person

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (舉人):

• → Vietnamese: cử nhân (舉人)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
舉	人

Noun

舉人

1. chữ Hán form of cử nhân (“bachelor”).