人人

See also: 从

Chinese

		man; person; people	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (人人)		人	人
alternative forms		儂儂／侬侬 Min Nan (colloquial)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rénrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ jan⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngìn-ngìn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lâng-lâng / lîn-lîn / jîn-jîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rénrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rénrén
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-jên²
    • Yale: rén-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renren
    • Palladius: жэньжэнь (žɛnʹžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ ʐən³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ jan⁴
    • Yale: yàhn yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ jɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngìn-ngìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngin^ˇ ngin^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngin² ngin²
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋin¹¹ ŋin¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâng-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: lâng-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: langlaang
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /laŋ²⁴⁻²² laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /laŋ¹³⁻²² laŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /laŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /laŋ²³⁻³³ laŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: lîn-lîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: linliin
    • IPA (Taipei): /lin²⁴⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /lin²⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jîn-jîn
    • Tâi-lô: jîn-jîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jinjiin
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zin²³⁻³³ zin²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zin¹³⁻²² d͡zin¹³/

Note:

• lâng-lâng - colloquial;
• lîn-lîn/jîn-jîn - literary.

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• Middle Chinese: nyin nyin

Rime
Character	人
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	如鄰切
Baxter	nyin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵin/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵin/
Li Rong	/ȵiĕn/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	rén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jan4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ni[ŋ]  ni[ŋ]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*njin  njin/

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
Reading #	1/1
No.	10800
Phonetic component	人
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	仁
Old Chinese	/*njin/

Noun

人人

1. everyone; everybody; all of us

   法律面前人人平等。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   Fǎlǜ miànqián rénrén píngděng. [Pinyin]

   All men are equal before the law.

   人人都會犯錯，這是在所難免的。 [MSC, trad.]
   人人都会犯错，这是在所难免的。 [MSC, simp.]

   Rénrén dōu huì fàncuò, zhè shì zàisuǒnánmiǎn de. [Pinyin]

   It is inevitable that everyone will make mistakes.

2. (literary) refers to a lover or intimate friend

Synonyms

• (everyone):

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• 一體／一体 (yītǐ)
• 儕儕／侪侪 (Hakka)
• 各人 (gèrén)
• 大夥／大伙 (dàhuǒ) (colloquial)
• 大家
• 大家夥／大家伙 (dàjiāhuǒ) (colloquial)
• 所有人 (suǒyǒurén)
• 所有的人 (suǒyǒu de rén)
• 每人 (měirén)
• 每儕／每侪 (Hakka)
• 眾人／众人 (zhòngrén)
• 逐人 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 逐個／逐个 (Hokkien)
• 逐儕／逐侪 (Hakka)
• 逐股 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
人	人
ひと Grade: 1	ひと > びと Grade: 1
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 人人 – see the following entry.

【人々ひとびと】 [noun] people, each person, everybody

(This term, 人人, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)