不求人
Chinese
not; no | to seek; to look for; to request to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech |
man; person; people | ||
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simp. and trad. (不求人) |
不 | 求 | 人 | |
Literally: “to not seek help from others”. |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): bat1 kau4 jan4
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): put-kiû-jîn / put-kiû-lîn
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄖㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bùcióurén
- Wade–Giles: pu4-chʻiu2-jên2
- Yale: bù-chyóu-rén
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buchyouren
- Palladius: буцюжэнь (bucjužɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʐən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bat1 kau4 jan4
- Yale: bāt kàuh yàhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: bat7 kau4 jan4
- Guangdong Romanization: bed1 keo4 yen4
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɐt̚⁵ kʰɐu̯²¹ jɐn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Sanxia, Yilan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-kiû-jîn
- Tâi-lô: put-kiû-jîn
- Phofsit Daibuun: putkiujiin
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ kiu²³⁻³³ zin²³/
- IPA (Yilan): /put̚²⁻⁵ kiu²⁴⁻³³ d͡zin²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-kiû-lîn
- Tâi-lô: put-kiû-lîn
- Phofsit Daibuun: putkiuliin
- IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ kiu²⁴⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Sanxia, Yilan)
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