良人

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Chinese

good; very; very much man; person; people
simp. and trad.
(良人)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (37) (38)
Final () (105) (43)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter ljang nyin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/lɨɐŋ/ /ȵiɪn/
Pan
Wuyun
/liɐŋ/ /ȵin/
Shao
Rongfen
/liɑŋ/ /ȵʑjen/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/lɨaŋ/ /ȵin/
Li
Rong
/liaŋ/ /ȵiĕn/
Wang
Li
/lĭaŋ/ /ȵʑĭĕn/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/li̯aŋ/ /ȵʑi̯ĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
liáng rén
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
loeng4 jan4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
liáng rén
Middle
Chinese
‹ ljang › ‹ nyin ›
Old
Chinese
/*aŋ/ /*ni/
English good (other) person

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 8046 10800
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*raŋ/ /*njin/
Notes

Noun

良人

  1. (literary) good person
  2. (literary) my husband (addressing one's husband)
  3. (literary) common people

Synonyms

  • (husband):
  • (common people):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
りょう
Grade: 4
じん
Grade: 1
on'yomi
Kanji in this term
りょう
Grade: 4
にん
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

(りょう)(じん) or (りょう)(にん) (ryōjin or ryōnin

  1. husband
  2. good person

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

良人 (yang'in) (hangeul 양인)

  1. hanja form? of 양인 (good-hearted person)