一等洋人二等官，三等少民四等漢

一等洋人二等官，三等少民四等漢

Chinese

		first-class; first-rate; top first-class; first-rate; top; the best	foreigner	second-level; second-class	official; government; organ of body			ethnic minority	the "four divisions" of a rime table	Chinese; name of a dynasty; man
trad. (一等洋人二等官，三等少民四等漢)		一等	洋人	二等	官	，	三等	少民	四等	漢
simp. (一等洋人二等官，三等少民四等汉)		一等	洋人	二等	官	，	三等	少民	四等	汉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīděng yángrén èrděng guān, sānděng shǎomín sìděng Hàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄉㄥˇ ㄧㄤˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄦˋ ㄉㄥˇ ㄍㄨㄢ, ㄙㄢ ㄉㄥˇ ㄕㄠˇ ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄙˋ ㄉㄥˇ ㄏㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīděng yángrén èrděng guān, sānděng shǎomín sìděng Hàn [Phonetic: yīděngyángrénèrděngguān,sāndéngshǎomínsìděnghàn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄉㄥˇ ㄧㄤˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄦˋ ㄉㄥˇ ㄍㄨㄢ, ㄙㄢ ㄉㄥˇ ㄕㄠˇ ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄙˋ ㄉㄥˇ ㄏㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yiděng yángrén èrděng guan, sanděng shǎomín sìhděng Hàn
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-têng³ yang²-jên² êrh⁴-têng³ kuan¹- san¹-têng³ shao³-min² ssŭ⁴-têng³ Han⁴
    • Yale: yī-děng yáng-rén èr-děng gwān-, sān-děng shǎu-mín sz̀-děng Hàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ideeng yangren elldeeng guan, sandeeng shaomin syhdeeng Hann
    • Palladius: идэн янжэнь эрдэн гуань, саньдэн шаоминь сыдэн Хань (idɛn janžɛnʹ erdɛn guanʹ, sanʹdɛn šaominʹ sydɛn Xanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵ tɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ jɑŋ³⁵ ʐən³⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹ tɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ kwän⁵⁵ sän⁵⁵ tɤŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ min³⁵ sz̩⁵¹ tɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ xän⁵¹/

Idiom

一等洋人二等官，三等少民四等漢

1. In China, foreigners enjoy the highest status and the best treatment, followed by government officials, then by ethnic minorities and lastly by Han Chinese (which enjoy the lowest status and worst treatment).