人人自危

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Chinese

		everyone; everybody; all of us
simp. and trad. (人人自危)		人人	自危

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rénrénzìwēi, rénrénzìwéi

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄗˋ ㄨㄟ, ㄖㄣˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄗˋ ㄨㄟˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ jan⁴ zi⁶ ngai⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): jîn-lâng-chū-gûi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rénrénzìwēi
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄗˋ ㄨㄟ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rénrénzìhwei
  - Wade–Giles: jên²-jên²-tzŭ⁴-wei¹
  - Yale: rén-rén-dz̀-wēi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renrentzyhuei
  - Palladius: жэньжэньцзывэй (žɛnʹžɛnʹczyvɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ ʐən³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ weɪ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rénrénzìwéi
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄗˋ ㄨㄟˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rénrénzìhwéi
  - Wade–Giles: jên²-jên²-tzŭ⁴-wei²
  - Yale: rén-rén-dz̀-wéi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renrentzyhwei
  - Palladius: жэньжэньцзывэй (žɛnʹžɛnʹczyvɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ ʐən³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jan⁴ jan⁴ zi⁶ ngai⁴
  - Yale: yàhn yàhn jih ngàih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ jan⁴ dzi⁶ ngai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ yen⁴ ji⁶ ngei⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ jɐn²¹ t͡siː²² ŋɐi̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jîn-lâng-chū-gûi
  - Tâi-lô: jîn-lâng-tsū-guî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jinlangzuxguii
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /zin²³⁻³³ laŋ²³⁻³³ t͡su³³⁻²¹ ɡui²³/

Idiom

人人自危

to be in a tense and terrible situation, causing people to be in uneasy and worried
- 法令誅罰日益刻深，群臣人人自危，欲畔者衆。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  法令诛罚日益刻深，群臣人人自危，欲畔者众。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
  Fǎlìng zhūfá rìyì kèshēn, qúnchén rénrénzìwēi, yù pàn zhě zhòng.
  At this time, the laws and ordinances, penalties and punishments were day by day more severe. Each of the court officials felt himself in danger and many people wanted to revolt.

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