賤民

Chinese

		inexpensive; lowly	the people; nationality; citizen
trad. (賤民)		賤	民
simp. (贱民)		贱	民

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiànmín

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄇㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zin⁶ man⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiànmín
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄇㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiànmín
    • Wade–Giles: chien⁴-min²
    • Yale: jyàn-mín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiannmin
    • Palladius: цзяньминь (czjanʹminʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ min³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zin⁶ man⁴
    • Yale: jihn màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzin⁶ man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: jin⁶ men⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːn²² mɐn²¹/

Noun

賤民

1. (historical) person of the lowest social status
2. Dalit (a member of the lowest caste in the traditional Indian caste system)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
賤	民
せん Hyōgaiji	みん Grade: 4
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
賎民

Noun

賤(せん)民(みん) • (senmin) 

1. plebeian

   貴(き)族(ぞく)あれば賤民(せんみん)あり。

   Kizoku are ba senmin ari.

   Nobles exist, also plebeians exist.

2. discriminated plebeian, such as Dalit

Synonyms

• (plebeian): 平民(へいみん) (heimin)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “plebeian”): 貴(き)族(ぞく) (kizoku, “noble”)

Related terms

• (discriminated plebeian): 穢多(えた) (eta), 非(ひ)人(にん) (hinin)

Korean

Hanja in this term
賤	民

Noun

賤民 • (cheonmin) (hangeul 천민)

1. Hanja form^? of 천민 (“person of the lowest social status; riffraff”).