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Chinese
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ordinary; every; all ordinary; every; all; whatever; worldly
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man; person; people
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simp. and trad. (凡人)
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凡
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人
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Pronunciation
Noun
凡人
- ordinary person; average person; common people
- mortal
Synonyms
- 一般人 (yībānrén)
- 世人 (shìrén)
- 世間人/世间人 (Hokkien)
- 人士 (rénshì) (literary)
- 人民 (rénmín)
- 人群 (rénqún)
- 人萌 (rénméng) (literary)
- 俗人 (súrén)
- 俗子 (súzǐ) (literary)
- 𫣆人 (Hakka)
- 兆民 (zhàomín) (archaic)
- 公眾/公众 (gōngzhòng)
- 凡夫 (fánfū) (literary)
- 匹夫 (pǐfū) (literary)
- 四眾人/四众人 (Teochew)
- 士人 (shìrén) (archaic)
- 大眾/大众 (dàzhòng)
- 子民 (zǐmín) (historical)
- 家人 (jiārén) (archaic)
- 布衣 (bùyī) (historical)
- 常人 (chángrén)
- 平人 (píngrén) (literary)
- 平常人 (píngchángrén)
- 平民 (píngmín)
- 庶人 (shùrén) (literary)
- 庶民 (shùmín) (literary)
- 斯人 (sīrén) (Classical Chinese)
- 普通人 (pǔtōngrén)
- 民人 (mínrén) (literary)
- 民眾/民众 (mínzhòng)
- 烝民 (zhēngmín) (literary)
- 白衣 (báiyī) (historical)
- 白衣人 (báiyīrén) (historical)
- 白身 (báishēn) (archaic)
- 白身人 (báishēnrén) (archaic)
- 百姓
- 眾人/众人 (zhòngrén) (literary)
- 萬姓/万姓 (wànxìng) (archaic)
- 群眾/群众 (qúnzhòng)
- 老百姓 (lǎobǎixìng)
- 良人 (liángrén) (literary)
- 草民 (cǎomín) (the worthless ordinary people)
- 草菅 (cǎojiān) (Classical Chinese, figurative)
- 草野 (cǎoyě) (literary, figurative)
- 萌 (literary)
- 野人 (yěrén) (archaic)
- 黎庶 (líshù) (literary)
- 黎民 (límín) (literary)
- 黎首 (líshǒu) (archaic)
- 黔首 (qiánshǒu) (archaic)
Japanese
Etymology 1
From Middle Chinese compound 凡人 (bjom nyin). Compare modern Hakka reading fàm-ngìn.
The goon, so likely the initial borrowing.
Pronunciation
Noun
凡人 • (bonnin)
- an ordinary person
- a commoner, someone who is not nobility
Usage notes
This reading appears to be somewhat less common than bonjin below.
The ordinary sense of this term is somewhat negative, with overtones of mediocre, unremarkable, lackluster.
Synonyms
Etymology 2
Shift in pronunciation from bonnin above, using the kan'on reading of jin for 人.
Pronunciation
Noun
凡人 • (bonjin)
- an ordinary person
- a commoner, someone who is not nobility
Usage notes
This appears to be the more common reading.
The ordinary sense of this term is somewhat negative, with overtones of mediocre, unremarkable, lackluster.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology 3
Shift in pronunciation from bonnin or bonjin above, using the kan'on reading for both characters.
This reading appears in use by the 有職家 (yūsokuka, “people well acquainted with the rites and ceremonies of the imperial court and nobility”).
Pronunciation
Noun
凡人 • (hanjin)
- (rare, possibly obsolete) an ordinary person, a commoner
Usage notes
The hanjin reading is the least common.
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