白身人

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Chinese

ordinary citizen; commoner man; person; people
trad. (白身人) 白身
simp. #(白身人) 白身

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1 1/1
Initial () (3) (26) (38)
Final () (113) (43) (43)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () II III III
Fanqie
Baxter baek syin nyin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/bˠæk̚/ /ɕiɪn/ /ȵiɪn/
Pan
Wuyun
/bᵚak̚/ /ɕin/ /ȵin/
Shao
Rongfen
/bak̚/ /ɕjen/ /ȵʑjen/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/baɨjk̚/ /ɕin/ /ȵin/
Li
Rong
/bɐk̚/ /ɕiĕn/ /ȵiĕn/
Wang
Li
/bɐk̚/ /ɕĭĕn/ /ȵʑĭĕn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/bʱɐk̚/ /ɕi̯ĕn/ /ȵʑi̯ĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shēn rén
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
bak6 san1 jan4

Noun

白身人

  1. (literary or Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien, dated) ordinary citizen; commoner
  2. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) lonely and impoverished person

Synonyms

  • (ordinary citizen):
  • (lonely and impoverished person): (Hokkien) 白身 (báishēn)