人祅

Chinese

		man; person; people	calamity from terrestrial disorder
simp. and trad. (人祅)		人	祅

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rényāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ jiu², jan⁴ jiu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rényāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rényao
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-yao¹
    • Yale: rén-yāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: reniau
    • Palladius: жэньяо (žɛnʹjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ jiu², jan⁴ jiu¹
    • Yale: yàhn yíu, yàhn yīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ jiu², jan⁴ jiu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ yiu², yen⁴ yiu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ jiːu̯³⁵/, /jɐn²¹ jiːu̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: nyin 'jew

Rime
Character	人	祅
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)	宵 (92)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	如鄰切	於喬切
Baxter	nyin	'jew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiɪn/	/ʔˠiᴇu/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵin/	/ʔᵚiɛu/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑjen/	/ʔiæu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵin/	/ʔiaw/
Li Rong	/ȵiĕn/	/ʔjɛu/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭĕn/	/ĭɛu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯ĕn/	/ʔi̯ɛu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	rén	yāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jan4	jiu1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*njin  qrow/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	人
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	rén
Middle Chinese	‹ nyin ›
Old Chinese	/*ni[ŋ]/
English	(other) person
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] 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	人	祅
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	10800	14628
Phonetic component	人	夭
Rime group	眞	宵
Rime subdivision	1	3
Corresponding MC rime	仁	妖
Old Chinese	/*njin/	/*qrow/

Noun

人祅

1. (Classical) Alternative form of 人妖 (rényāo, “man-made disaster”)

   • 物之已至者，人祅則可畏也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     物之已至者，人祅则可畏也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Xunzi, c. 3^rd century BCE

     Wù zhī yǐ zhì zhě, rényāo zé kěwèi yě. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)