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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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人
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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rén
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ nyin ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ni/
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| English
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(other) person
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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.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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愚
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人
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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15919
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10800
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Phonetic
component
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禺
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人
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Rime
group
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侯
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眞
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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仁
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Old
Chinese
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/*ŋo/
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/*njin/
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Noun
愚人
- (literary) stupid person; fool; simpleton
尤二姐滴淚說道：「你們拿我作愚人待，什么事我不知。」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
尤二姐滴泪说道：「你们拿我作愚人待，什么事我不知。」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]- From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18th century CE
- Yóu Èrjiě dīlèi shuōdào: “Nǐmen ná wǒ zuò yúrén dài, shénme shì wǒ bù zhī.”
- Second Sister You said with tears dripping, “You treat me like a fool. Whatever it is, I do not know.”
鴻雁于飛，哀鳴嗷嗷。維此哲人，謂我劬勞。維彼愚人，謂我宣驕。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
鸿雁于飞，哀鸣嗷嗷。维此哲人，谓我劬劳。维彼愚人，谓我宣骄。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Hóngyàn yú fēi, āimíng áo'áo. Wéi cǐ zhérén, wèi wǒ qúláo. Wéi bǐ yúrén, wèi wǒ xuānjiāo.
- The wild geese are flying about,
And melancholy is their cry of ao-ao.
There were they, wise men,
who recognized our pain and toil;
If they had been stupid men,
They would have said we were proclaiming our insolence.
- (tarot) the Fool
Synonyms
Derived terms
Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
愚人 or 愚人 • (gujin or gunin)
- idiot
- Synonyms: 愚か者 (orokamono), 愚者 (gusha)
Idioms
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Korean
Noun
愚人 • (u'in) (hangeul 우인)
- hanja form? of 우인 (“idiot”)