鄙人

Chinese

		rustic; low; base rustic; low; base; mean	man; person; people
trad. (鄙人)		鄙	人
simp. #(鄙人)		鄙	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pei² jan⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phí-ngìn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phí-lîn / phí-jîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐrén
    • Wade–Giles: pi³-jên²
    • Yale: bǐ-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biiren
    • Palladius: бижэнь (bižɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pei² jan⁴
    • Yale: péi yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pei² jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: péi² yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯³⁵ jɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phí-ngìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: pi^ˋ ngin^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pi³ ngin²
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰi³¹ ŋin¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phí-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: phí-lîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phyliin
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /pʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lin²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lin²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phí-jîn
    • Tâi-lô: phí-jîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phyjiin
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡zin¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zin²³/

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• Middle Chinese: pijX nyin

Rime
Character	鄙	人
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	方美切	如鄰切
Baxter	pijX	nyin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠiɪX/	/ȵiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚiX/	/ȵin/
Shao Rongfen	/piɪX/	/ȵʑjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pjiX/	/ȵin/
Li Rong	/pjiX/	/ȵiĕn/
Wang Li	/piX/	/ȵʑĭĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/piX/	/ȵʑi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bǐ	rén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bei2	jan4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*prəʔ  ni[ŋ]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*prɯʔ  njin/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	鄙	人
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bǐ	rén
Middle Chinese	‹ pijX ›	‹ nyin ›
Old Chinese	/*prəʔ/	/*ni[ŋ]/
English	border town	(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	鄙	人
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	550	10800
Phonetic component	啚	人
Rime group	之	眞
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	鄙	仁
Old Chinese	/*prɯʔ/	/*njin/

Noun

鄙人

1. (literary) resident of a remote area

Pronoun

鄙人

1. (literary, humble) I; me

Synonyms

• 鄙賤／鄙贱 (bǐjiàn)
• 不才 (bùcái)
• 在下 (zàixià)