布衣

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Chinese

		to declare; to announce; to spread to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known; spread; (cotton) cloth	gown; clothes; to dress gown; clothes; to dress; to wear
simp. and trad. (布衣)		布	衣

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùyī

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bou³ ji¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùyī
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùyi
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-i¹
  - Yale: bù-yī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buhi
  - Palladius: буи (bui)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ i⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    不一
    不依
    布依
    布衣
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bou³ ji¹
  - Yale: bou yī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bou³ ji¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bou³ yi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³³ jiː⁵⁵/

Noun

布衣

cotton clothes
(historical) ordinary people; commoners
- 臣本布衣，躬耕於南陽。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  臣本布衣，躬耕于南阳。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 227, 諸葛亮 (Zhuge Liang), 《出師表》
  Chén běn bùyī, gōnggēng yú Nányáng.
  I was originally a commoner who farmed in Nanyang himself.

Synonyms

(ordinary people):

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)
凡人 (fánrén)
凡夫 (fánfū) (literary)
匹夫 (pǐfū) (literary)
四眾人／四众人 (si³ zing³ nang⁵) (Teochew)
士人 (shìrén) (archaic)
大眾／大众 (dàzhòng)
子民 (zǐmín) (historical)
家人 (jiārén) (archaic)
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)
烝黎 (zhēnglí) (Classical Chinese)
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)
黔黎 (archaic)

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