他人

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Chinese

he; him; other man; person; people
trad. (他人)
simp. #(他人)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (6) (38)
Final () (94) (43)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter tha nyin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/tʰɑ/ /ȵiɪn/
Pan
Wuyun
/tʰɑ/ /ȵin/
Shao
Rongfen
/tʰɑ/ /ȵʑjen/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/tʰa/ /ȵin/
Li
Rong
/tʰɑ/ /ȵiĕn/
Wang
Li
/tʰɑ/ /ȵʑĭĕn/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/tʰɑ/ /ȵʑi̯ĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
tuō rén
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
to1 jan4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
rén
Middle
Chinese
‹ tha › ‹ nyin ›
Old
Chinese
/*l̥ˁaj/ (E dialect: *l̥ˁ- > MC th-) /*ni/
English another (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. 14765 10800
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*l̥ʰaːl/ /*njin/
Notes

Noun

他人

  1. another person; other people; others
    尊重他人  ―  zūnzhòng tārén  ―  to respect others
    主使他人打架  ―  zhǔshǐ tārén dǎjià  ―  to incite others to fight

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (他人):
  • Japanese: ()(にん) (tanin)
  • Korean: 타인(他人) (tain)

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
にん
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

()(にん) (tanin

  1. other people
  2. stranger

Derived terms

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

他人 (tain) (hangeul 타인)

  1. hanja form? of 타인 (another person; other people)