一介書生

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Chinese

upright; “one” + classifier: a ... scholar; intellectual; pedantic scholar
trad. (一介書生) 一介 書生
simp. (一介书生) 一介 书生

Etymology

From Tengwang Ge Xu by 王勃 (Wang Bo):

一介書生無路請纓弱冠 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
一介书生无路请缨弱冠 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: 王勃 (Wang Bo), 《滕王閣序》
Bó, sān chǐ wēi mìng, yījièshūshēng. Wúlù qǐngyīng, děng Zhōng Jūn zhī ruòguàn.
I, Wang Bo, am merely a scholar of low status. I have no way to serve the country like Zhong Jun did, despite being a young adult as he once was.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/2 2/2
Initial () (34) (28) (26) (21) (21)
Final () (48) (33) (22) (109) (109)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Departing (H) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open Open Open
Division () III II III II II
Fanqie
Baxter 'jit keajH syo sraeng sraengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔiɪt̚/ /kˠɛiH/ /ɕɨʌ/ /ʃˠæŋ/ /ʃˠæŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔit̚/ /kᵚæiH/ /ɕiɔ/ /ʃᵚaŋ/ /ʃᵚaŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔjet̚/ /kɐiH/ /ɕiɔ/ /ʃaŋ/ /ʃaŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔit̚/ /kəɨjH/ /ɕɨə̆/ /ʂaɨjŋ/ /ʂaɨjŋH/
Li
Rong
/ʔiĕt̚/ /kɛiH/ /ɕiɔ/ /ʃɐŋ/ /ʃɐŋH/
Wang
Li
/ĭĕt̚/ /kɐiH/ /ɕĭo/ /ʃɐŋ/ /ʃɐŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔi̯ĕt̚/ /kăiH/ /ɕi̯wo/ /ʂɐŋ/ /ʂɐŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yi jiè shū shēng shèng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jat1 gaai3 syu1 sang1 sang3

Idiom

一介書生

  1. nothing but a scholar; a scholar; an intellectual