讀書人

See also: 读书人

Chinese

		to read books; to study	man; person; people
trad. (讀書人)		讀書	人
simp. (读书人)		读书	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): dúshūrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨˊ ㄕㄨ ㄖㄣˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): du² su¹ ren²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): duk⁶ syu¹ jan⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thu̍k-sû-ngìn
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tha̍k-chu-lâng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tag⁸ ze¹ nang⁵

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁸doq-sy-gnin / ⁸doq-syu₁-gnin₂

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dúshūrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˊ ㄕㄨ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dúshurén
    • Wade–Giles: tu²-shu¹-jên²
    • Yale: dú-shū-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dwushuren
    • Palladius: душужэнь (dušužɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu³⁵ ʂu⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: du² su¹ ren²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: dusurhen
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu²¹ su⁵⁵ zən²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: duk⁶ syu¹ jan⁴
    • Yale: duhk syū yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: duk⁹ sy¹ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dug⁶ xu¹ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊk̚² syː⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thu̍k-sû-ngìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: tug su´ nginˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tug⁶ su¹ ngin²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰuk̚⁵ su²⁴ ŋin¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tha̍k-chu-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: tha̍k-tsu-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tagzulaang
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰak̚⁴⁻³² t͡su⁴⁴⁻³³ laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰak̚⁴⁻³² t͡su⁴⁴⁻³³ laŋ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tag⁸ ze¹ nang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tha̍k tsṳ nâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰak̚⁴⁻² t͡sɯ³³⁻²³ naŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁸doq-sy-gnin
    • MiniDict: doh^入 sy nyin
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵doq-sr-nyin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /doʔ¹¹ sz̩²² n̠ʲin²³/
  • (Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁸doq-syu₁-gnin₂
    • MiniDict: doh^入 syu^平 nyin^平
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /doʔ²² sz̩ʷ³³ n̠ʲin/

Noun

讀書人

1. scholar; intellectual

Synonyms

• 人士 (rénshì) (literary)
• 儒生 (rúshēng) (literary)
• 士人 (shìrén) (literary)
• 學人／学人 (xuérén)
• 學士／学士 (xuéshì)
• 學者／学者 (xuézhě)
• 文人 (wénrén)
• 文人墨客 (wénrénmòkè)
• 文士 (wénshì)
• 書生／书生 (shūshēng)
• 知識人／知识人
• 知識分子／知识分子
• 秀才 (xiùcái)
• 讀冊人／读册人 (Hokkien)
• 騷人／骚人 (sāorén)
• 騷人墨客／骚人墨客 (sāorénmòkè)
• 騷客／骚客 (sāokè)
• 墨客 (mòkè)