庶民

Chinese

		ordinary	the people; nationality; citizen
simp. and trad. (庶民)		庶	民

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shùmín

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syu³ man⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): su-mìn

  (Hailu, HRS): shu^ˇ min

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sy⁴ ming²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sù-bîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shùmín
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shùmín
    • Wade–Giles: shu⁴-min²
    • Yale: shù-mín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuhmin
    • Palladius: шуминь (šuminʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵¹ min³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syu³ man⁴
    • Yale: syu màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sy³ man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xu³ men⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syː³³ mɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: su-mìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: su min^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: su⁴ min²
    • Sinological IPA: /su⁵⁵ min¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: shu^ˇ min
    • Sinological IPA: /ʃu¹¹ min⁵⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: sy⁴ ming²
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sṳ̍-míng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬy⁴² miŋ¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: sy⁴ ming² [Phonetic: sy¹ ming²]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬy⁴²⁻⁵⁵ miŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sù-bîn
    • Tâi-lô: sù-bîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suo'biin
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /su²¹⁻⁵³ bin²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /su⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bin²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /su²¹⁻⁵³ bin¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /su¹¹⁻⁵³ bin²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /su²¹⁻⁴¹ bin²³/

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• Middle Chinese: syoH mjin

Rime
Character	庶	民
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	商署切	彌鄰切
Baxter	syoH	mjin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕɨʌH/	/miɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɔH/	/min/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕiɔH/	/mjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕɨə̆H/	/min/
Li Rong	/ɕiɔH/	/miĕn/
Wang Li	/ɕĭoH/	/mĭĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɕi̯woH/	/mi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shù	mín
Expected Cantonese Reflex	syu3	man4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-tak-s  mi[ŋ]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*hljaɡs  min/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	庶	民
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shù	mín
Middle Chinese	‹ syoH ›	‹ mjin ›
Old Chinese	/*s-tak-s/	/*mi[ŋ]/
English	numerous; commoner	people
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	庶	民
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	11905	9130
Phonetic component	庶	民
Rime group	暮	眞
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	恕	民
Old Chinese	/*hljaɡs/	/*min/
Notes	甲金文火上爲石， 石亦聲，本炙初文

Noun

庶民

1. (literary) commoners; ordinary citizens; plebeians

   天子犯法，與庶民同罪 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
   天子犯法，与庶民同罪 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   tiānzǐ fànfǎ, yǔ shùmín tóng zuì [Pinyin]

   When the emperor commits crimes, he is equally guilty like commoners

Synonyms

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• 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)
• 布衣 (bùyī) (historical)
• 常人 (chángrén)
• 平人 (píngrén) (literary)
• 平常人 (píngchángrén)
• 平民 (píngmín)
• 庶人 (shùrén) (literary)
• 斯人 (sīrén) (Classical Chinese)
• 是不是的 (si⁴ bu² si⁴ ni¹) (Sichuanese)
• 是不是的人 (si⁴ bu² si⁴ ni¹ ren²) (Sichuanese)
• 普通人 (pǔtōngrén)
• 民人 (mínrén) (literary)
• 民眾 / 民众 (mínzhòng)
• 烝民 (zhēngmín) (literary)
• 烝黎 (zhēnglí) (Classical Chinese)
• 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)
• 萌黎 (ménglí) (literary)
• 野人 (yěrén) (archaic)
• 黎元 (líyuán) (literary)
• 黎庶 (líshù) (literary)
• 黎民 (límín) (literary)
• 黎首 (líshǒu) (archaic)
• 黔首 (qiánshǒu) (archaic)
• 黔黎 (archaic)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
庶	民
しょ Grade: S	みん Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞mʲĩɴ]
• (Tokyo) しょみん [shóꜜmìǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])

Noun

庶(しょ)民(みん) • (shomin) 

1. commoners, common people

References

• “庶民”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026