人臣

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Chinese

man; person; people
statesman; vassal; courtier
statesman; vassal; courtier; minister; official
 
simp. and trad.
(人臣)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (38) (25)
Final () (43) (43)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter nyin dzyin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ȵiɪn/ /d͡ʑiɪn/
Pan
Wuyun
/ȵin/ /d͡ʑin/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȵʑjen/ /d͡ʑjen/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ȵin/ /d͡ʑin/
Li
Rong
/ȵiĕn/ /ʑiĕn/
Wang
Li
/ȵʑĭĕn/ /ʑĭĕn/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ȵʑi̯ĕn/ /ʑi̯ĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
rén chén
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jan4 san4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
rén chén
Middle
Chinese
‹ nyin › ‹ dzyin ›
Old
Chinese
/*ni/ /*i/
English (other) person slave, subject

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. 10800 1342
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*njin/ /*ɡiŋ/
Notes

使

Noun

人臣

  1. (dated) vassal; minister; subject