一個人

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See also: 一个人

Chinese

			man; person; people
trad. (一個人)		一個	人
simp. (一个人)		一个	人

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīgèrén

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄍㄜˋ ㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ go³ jan⁴ / jat¹ go³ jan^4-2 / jat¹ go³ jan^4-1
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yit-ke-ngìn
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chi̍t-ê-lâng / chi̍t-gê-lâng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīgèrén → yīgerén (toneless variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄍㄜˋ ㄖㄣˊ → ㄧ ˙ㄍㄜㄖㄣˊ (toneless variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yige̊rén
  - Wade–Giles: i¹-ko⁵-jên²
  - Yale: yī-ge-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: i.gehren
  - Palladius: игэжэнь (igɛžɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ kɤ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/ → /i⁵⁵ g̊ə² ʐən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīgèrénr → yīgerénr (toneless variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄍㄜˋ ㄖㄣˊㄦ → ㄧ ˙ㄍㄜㄖㄣˊㄦ (toneless variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yige̊rénr
  - Wade–Giles: i¹-ko⁵-jên²-ʼrh
  - Yale: yī-ge-rénr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: i.gehrel
  - Palladius: игэжэньр (igɛžɛnʹr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ kɤ⁵¹ ʐəɻ³⁵/ → /i⁵⁵ g̊ə² ʐəɻ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ go³ jan⁴ / jat¹ go³ jan^4-2 / jat¹ go³ jan^4-1
  - Yale: yāt go yàhn / yāt go yán / yāt go yān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ go³ jan⁴ / jat⁷ go³ jan^4-2 / jat⁷ go³ jan^4-1
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ go³ yen⁴ / yed¹ go³ yen^4-2 / yed¹ go³ yen^4-1
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ kɔː³³ jɐn²¹/, /jɐt̚⁵ kɔː³³ jɐn²¹⁻³⁵/, /jɐt̚⁵ kɔː³³ jɐn²¹⁻⁵⁵/

Note: Using jat1 go3 jan4-1 instead of jat1 go3 jan4 may emphasize "aloneness", cf. discussion on Cantodict.

Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-ke-ngìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: id` ge nginˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ ge⁴ ngin²
  - Sinological IPA: /it̚² ke⁵⁵ ŋin¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-ke-ngìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)id` ge nginˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ ge⁴ ngin²
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)it̚² ke⁵⁵ ŋin¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi̍t-ê-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: tsi̍t-ê-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cid'elaang
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ e¹³⁻²² laŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² e²³⁻³³ laŋ²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² e²⁴⁻¹¹ laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² e²⁴⁻²² laŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi̍t-gê-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: tsi̍t-gê-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cidgelaang
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sit̚²⁴⁻² ɡe²⁴⁻²² laŋ²⁴/

Adverb

一個人

alone; by oneself; without company
我想一個人待會兒。 [MSC, trad.]
我想一个人待会儿。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ xiǎng yīgerén dāihuir.
I'd like to be alone for a while.

Synonyms

一家頭／一家头 (⁷iq-ka-deu) (Shanghainese)
一手
單個／单个 (dāngè)
單獨／单独 (dāndú)
獨個／独个 (dúgè)
獨自／独自 (dúzì)
空身 (kōngshēn)
隻身／只身 (zhīshēn) (literary)

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