眾人

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See also: 众人

Chinese[edit]

numerous; multitude; crowd man; person; people
trad. (眾人/衆人) /
simp. (众人)
alternative forms 眾儂众侬 Min vernacular
衆𠆧众𠆧 Min Dong vernacular

Pronunciation[edit]


Note:
  • cé̤ṳng-nè̤ng - vernacular;
  • cé̤ṳng-ìng - literary.
  • Min Nan
  • Note:
    • Taiwan:
      • chèng-lâng - vernacular;
      • chiòng-jîn/chiòng-lîn - literary.
  • (Teochew)
  • Note: zêng3 nang5 - vernacular.

    Rime
    Character
    Reading # 2/2 1/1
    Initial () (23) (38)
    Final () (2) (43)
    Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open Open
    Division () III III
    Fanqie
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /t͡ɕɨuŋH/ /ȵiɪn/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /t͡ɕiuŋH/ /ȵin/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /t͡ɕiuŋH/ /ȵʑjen/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /cuwŋH/ /ȵin/
    Li
    Rong
    /t͡ɕiuŋH/ /ȵiĕn/
    Wang
    Li
    /t͡ɕĭuŋH/ /ȵʑĭĕn/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /t͡ɕi̯uŋH/ /ȵʑi̯ĕn/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    zhòng rén
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    zung3 jan4
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)
    zhòng rén
    Middle
    Chinese
    ‹ tsyuwngH › ‹ nyin ›
    Old
    Chinese
    /*tuŋ-s/ /*ni[ŋ]/
    English numerous (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
    Reading # 2/2 1/1
    No. 17491 10800
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    0 1
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*tjuŋs/ /*njin/
    Notes

    Noun[edit]

    眾人

    1. everybody; everyone
      眾人眼光众人眼光  ―  zhòngrén de yǎnguāng  ―  all eyes; public gaze
    2. (Classical Chinese) normal people; ordinary people; commoner
    3. (Classical Chinese, historical) serf (in the Shang and Zhou dynasties)

    Synonyms[edit]

    • (everybody):
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    • (normal people):
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    Derived terms[edit]

    Descendants[edit]

    Sino-Xenic (眾人):
    • Japanese: (しゅう)(じん) (shūjin)
    • Korean: 중인(眾人) (jung'in)