予一人

Chinese

		to give; I	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (予一人)		予	一	人
alternative forms		余一人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yúyīrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ ㄧ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ jat¹ jan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yúyīrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˊ ㄧ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yúyirén
    • Wade–Giles: yü²-i¹-jên²
    • Yale: yú-yī-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuiren
    • Palladius: юйижэнь (jujižɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵ i⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴ jat¹ jan⁴
    • Yale: yùh yāt yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ jat⁷ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ yed¹ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ jɐt̚⁵ jɐn²¹/

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• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*laʔ  ʔi[t]  ni[ŋ]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*la  qliɡ  njin/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	予	一	人
Reading #	1/2	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yú	yī	rén
Middle Chinese	‹ yo ›	‹ ʔjit ›	‹ nyin ›
Old Chinese	/*laʔ/	/*ʔi[t]/	/*ni[ŋ]/
English	I, we	one	(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	予	一	人
Reading #	1/2	1/1	1/1
No.	15738	14833	10800
Phonetic component	予	一	人
Rime group	魚	質	眞
Rime subdivision	0	2	1
Corresponding MC rime	余	一	仁
Old Chinese	/*la/	/*qliɡ/	/*njin/

Pronoun

予一人

1. (pre-Qin Classical) I; "I, the one man" (reserved for use by the Son of Heaven)

   • 爾尚輔予一人，致天之罰，予其大賚汝！ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     尔尚辅予一人，致天之罚，予其大赉汝！ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Documents, circa 4^th – 3^rd century BCE

     Ěr shàng fǔ yúyīrén, zhì tiān zhī fá, yú qí dà lài rǔ! [Pinyin]

     You have to assist me, the One man, to carry out the punishment appointed by Heaven. I will greatly reward you!

   • 百姓有過，在予一人。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     百姓有过，在予一人。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Bǎixìng yǒu guò, zài yúyīrén. [Pinyin]

     Whenever the people make mistakes, they can all be blamed on me, the One man.

   • 成王曰：「余一人與虞戲也。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     成王曰：「余一人与虞戏也。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Lü Buwei, Master Lü's Spring and Autumn Annals, 239 BCE

     Chéngwáng yuē: “Yúyīrén yǔ Yú xì yě.” [Pinyin]

     "One was jesting with Yu," said King Cheng.

Synonyms

• 寡人 (guǎrén)
• 孤 (gū)
• 不穀／不谷 (bùgǔ)