邊緣人

See also: 边缘人

Chinese

	edge; brim; verge edge; brim; verge; margin; marginal; frontier	man; person; people
trad. (邊緣人)	邊緣	人
simp. (边缘人)	边缘	人
Literally: “marginal person”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): biānyuánrén

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢㄩㄢˊ ㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bin¹ jyun⁴ jan⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pian-iân-lâng / pian-iân-jîn / pian-iân-lîn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: biānyuánrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢㄩㄢˊ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bianyuánrén
  - Wade–Giles: pien¹-yüan²-jên²
  - Yale: byān-ywán-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bianyuanren
  - Palladius: бяньюаньжэнь (bjanʹjuanʹžɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɥɛn³⁵ ʐən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bin¹ jyun⁴ jan⁴
  - Yale: bīn yùhn yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bin¹ jyn⁴ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: bin¹ yun⁴ yen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːn⁵⁵ jyːn²¹ jɐn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pian-iân-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: pian-iân-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pien'ienlaang
  - IPA (Xiamen): /piɛn⁴⁴⁻²² iɛn²⁴⁻²² laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɛn⁴⁴⁻²² iɛn¹³⁻²² laŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /piɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ iɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛn³³ iɛn²⁴⁻²² laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ iɛn²³⁻³³ laŋ²³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pian-iân-jîn
  - Tâi-lô: pian-iân-jîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pien'ienjiin
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ iɛn²³⁻³³ zin²³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pian-iân-lîn
  - Tâi-lô: pian-iân-lîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pien'ienliin
  - IPA (Taipei): /piɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ iɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/

Noun

邊緣人

(sociology) marginal man; marginal man theory
(Taiwan, Internet slang) person who lacks friends; loner; outsider; outcast
- 邊緣人，從字面上就可以知道，就是沒屬於自己的團體，在班上較沒定位的一種人 [MSC, trad.]
  边缘人，从字面上就可以知道，就是没属于自己的团体，在班上较没定位的一种人 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2020, 炫在哪裡 , "【我的理想大學】邊緣人究竟好不好?幾種觀點讓你思考 "
  biānyuánrén, cóng zìmiàn shàng jiù kěyǐ zhīdào, jiùshì méi shǔyú zìjǐ de tuántǐ, zài bān shàng jiào méi dìngwèi de yīzhǒng rén [Pinyin]
  A loner, can be known by literal understanding, is a person without any groups belongs to, lack of position in a class.
- 部分地區民眾有收到國家級警報，但也有許多人說自己成為「國家邊緣人」，手機完全沒有反應。 [MSC, trad.]
  部分地区民众有收到国家级警报，但也有许多人说自己成为「国家边缘人」，手机完全没有反应。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2021, 中央通訊社 (CNA), "地震國家級警報預計5月起全台標準一致北市改4級以上才發布"
  Bùfēn dìqū mínzhòng yǒu shōudào guójiā jí jǐngbào, dàn yě yǒu xǔduō rén shuō zìjǐ chéngwéi “guójiā biānyuánrén”, shǒujī wánquán méiyǒu fǎnyìng. [Pinyin]
  People in some regions have received presidential alert, but there are many people who said they have become presidential outsider, whose phone are completely unresponsive.

References

“邊緣人”, in 台語新詞辭庫 [Taiwanese Hokkien Neologism Dictionary] (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), 2023.