示人

Chinese

		to show; reveal	man; person; people
trad. (示人)		示	人
simp. #(示人)		示	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄖㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhrén
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-jên²
    • Yale: shr̀-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhren
    • Palladius: шижэнь (šižɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 世人 士人 示人 使人

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• Middle Chinese: zyijH nyin

Rime
Character	示	人
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	船 (27)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	神至切	如鄰切
Baxter	zyijH	nyin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʑiɪH/	/ȵiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/ʑiH/	/ȵin/
Shao Rongfen	/ʑjɪH/	/ȵʑjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʑiH/	/ȵin/
Li Rong	/d͡ʑiH/	/ȵiĕn/
Wang Li	/d͡ʑiH/	/ȵʑĭĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡ʑʰiH/	/ȵʑi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shì	rén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si6	jan4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-ɡijʔ-s  ni[ŋ]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢljils  njin/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	示	人
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shì	rén
Middle Chinese	‹ zyijH ›	‹ nyin ›
Old Chinese	/*s-ɡijʔ-s/	/*ni[ŋ]/
English	show (v.)	(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	示	人
Reading #	2/2	1/1
No.	11606	10800
Phonetic component	示	人
Rime group	脂	眞
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	示	仁
Old Chinese	/*ɢljils/	/*njin/

Verb

示人

1. to show to others

   • 魚不可脫於淵，國之利器不可以示人。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     鱼不可脱于渊，国之利器不可以示人。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Tao Te Ching, 4^th century BCE

     Yú bùkě tuō yú yuān, guó zhī lìqì bù kě yǐ shìrén. [Pinyin]

     Fishes should not be taken from the deep; instruments for the profit of a state should not be shown to the people.