愚氓

Chinese

		stupid	people; vagrant; ruffian
trad. (愚氓)		愚	氓
simp. #(愚氓)		愚	氓

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yúméng

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ ㄇㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ man⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yúméng
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˊ ㄇㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yúméng
    • Wade–Giles: yü²-mêng²
    • Yale: yú-méng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yumeng
    • Palladius: юймэн (jujmɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵ mɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴ man⁴
    • Yale: yùh màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ men⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ mɐn²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 愚民 漁民／渔民

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• Middle Chinese: ngju meang

Rime
Character	愚	氓
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	耕 (117)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	虞俱切	莫耕切
Baxter	ngju	meang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɨo/	/mˠɛŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋio/	/mᵚæŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋio/	/mɐŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋuə̆/	/məɨjŋ/
Li Rong	/ŋio/	/mɛŋ/
Wang Li	/ŋĭu/	/mæŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋi̯u/	/mæŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yú	méng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyu4	mang4

Noun

愚氓

1. (literary) fool