布衣

Chinese

		to declare; to announce; to spread to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known; spread; (cotton) cloth	gown; clothes; to dress gown; clothes; to dress; to wear
simp. and trad. (布衣)		布	衣

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùyī

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou³ ji¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùyī
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùyi
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-i¹
    • Yale: bù-yī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buhi
    • Palladius: буи (bui)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ i⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou³ ji¹
    • Yale: bou yī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou³ ji¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou³ yi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³³ jiː⁵⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 布衣

1. cotton clothes
2. ordinary people; commoners

   臣本布衣，躬耕於南陽。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
   臣本布衣，躬耕于南阳。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: (deprecated template usage) 諸葛亮 (Zhūgě Liàng), 《出師表》

   Chén běn bùyī, gōng gēng yú nányáng. [Pinyin]

   I was originally a commoner who farmed in Nanyang himself.

Synonyms

• (ordinary people):

(deprecated template usage)

• 一般人 (yībānrén)
• 世人 (shìrén)
• 世間人／世间人 (Hokkien)
• 人士 (rénshì) (literary)
• 人民 (rénmín)
• 人群 (rénqún)
• 人萌 (rénméng) (literary)
• 俗人 (súrén)
• 俗子 (súzǐ) (literary)
• 𫣆人 (Hakka)
• 兆民 (zhàomín) (archaic)
• 公眾／公众 (gōngzhòng)
• 凡人 (fánrén)
• 凡夫 (fánfū) (literary)
• 匹夫 (pǐfū) (literary)
• 四眾人／四众人 (si³ zing³ nang⁵) (Teochew)
• 士人 (shìrén) (archaic)
• 大眾／大众 (dàzhòng)
• 子民 (zǐmín) (historical)
• 家人 (jiārén) (archaic)
• 常人 (chángrén)
• 平人 (píngrén) (literary)
• 平常人 (píngchángrén)
• 平民 (píngmín)
• 庶人 (shùrén) (literary)
• 庶民 (shùmín) (literary)
• 斯人 (sīrén) (Classical Chinese)
• 普通人 (pǔtōngrén)
• 民人 (mínrén) (literary)
• 民眾／民众 (mínzhòng)
• 烝民 (zhēngmín) (literary)
• 白衣 (báiyī) (historical)
• 白衣人 (báiyīrén) (historical)
• 白身 (báishēn) (archaic)
• 白身人 (báishēnrén) (archaic)
• 百姓
• 眾人／众人 (zhòngrén) (literary)
• 萬姓／万姓 (wànxìng) (archaic)
• 群眾／群众 (qúnzhòng)
• 老百姓 (lǎobǎixìng)
• 良人 (liángrén) (literary)
• 草民 (cǎomín) (the worthless ordinary people)
• 草菅 (cǎojiān) (Classical Chinese, figurative)
• 草野 (cǎoyě) (literary, figurative)
• 萌 (literary)
• 野人 (yěrén) (archaic)
• 黎庶 (líshù) (literary)
• 黎民 (límín) (literary)
• 黎首 (líshǒu) (archaic)
• 黔首 (qiánshǒu) (archaic)

 

Derived terms

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