使人

使人

Chinese

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǐrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˇ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si² jan⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ́-ngìn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǐrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˇ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǐhrén
    • Wade–Giles: shih³-jên²
    • Yale: shř-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyyren
    • Palladius: шижэнь (šižɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: si² jan⁴
    • Yale: sí yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si² jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi² yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː³⁵ jɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ́-ngìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii` nginˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si³ ngin²
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨ³¹ ɲin¹¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʃɨ^X  ȵiɪn/

Rime
Character	使	人
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	生 (21)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	之 (19)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	踈士切	如鄰切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃɨX/	/ȵiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃɨX/	/ȵin/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃieX/	/ȵʑjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂɨX/	/ȵin/
Li Rong	/ʃiəX/	/ȵiĕn/
Wang Li	/ʃĭəX/	/ȵʑĭĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʂiX/	/ȵʑi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shǐ	rén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si2	jan4

Etymology 1

		to make	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (使人)		使	人

Verb

使人

1. to make one; to cause people (put before a noun or adjective to create a description); to set people (to do something)

Synonyms

• 發人／发人 (fārén)
• 令人 (lìngrén)

Derived terms

虛心使人進步，驕傲使人落後／虚心使人进步，骄傲使人落后 (xūxīn shǐrén jìnbù, jiāo'ào shǐrén luòhòu)

Etymology 2

		to use; to employ	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (使人)		使	人

Noun

使人

1. (literary) servant

Synonyms

• (servant):

edit

Synonyms of 使人

太保 (tàibǎo) (literary, honorific) 奴役 (núyì) (literary) 家人 (jiārén) (archaic) 底下人 (dǐxiarén) 傭人／佣人 (yōngrén) 僕人／仆人 (púrén)

僕役／仆役 (púyì) 僕隸／仆隶 (púlì) (literary) 奴僕／奴仆 (núpú) 臣僕／臣仆 (chénpú) (literary) 蒼頭／苍头 (Min Dong, dated, derogatory)

Pronunciation 2

		to send as an envoy abroad	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (使人)		使	人

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǐrén, shìrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˇ ㄖㄣˊ, ㄕˋ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si³ jan⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ́-ngìn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǐrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˇ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǐhrén
    • Wade–Giles: shih³-jên²
    • Yale: shř-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyyren
    • Palladius: шижэнь (šižɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʐən³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland and Taiwan)
    • 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

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: si³ jan⁴
    • Yale: si yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si³ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi³ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː³³ jɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ́-ngìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii` nginˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si³ ngin²
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨ³¹ ɲin¹¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʃɨ^H  ȵiɪn/

Rime
Character	使	人
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	生 (21)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	之 (19)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	踈吏切	如鄰切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃɨH/	/ȵiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃɨH/	/ȵin/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃieH/	/ȵʑjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂɨH/	/ȵin/
Li Rong	/ʃiəH/	/ȵiĕn/
Wang Li	/ʃĭəH/	/ȵʑĭĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʂiH/	/ȵʑi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shì	rén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si3	jan4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-rəʔ-s  ni[ŋ]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*srɯs  njin/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	使	人
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shǐ	rén
Middle Chinese	‹ sriH ›	‹ nyin ›
Old Chinese	/*s-rəʔ-s/	/*ni[ŋ]/
English	envoy	(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	使	人
Reading #	2/2	1/1
No.	11491	10800
Phonetic component	史	人
Rime group	之	眞
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	𩢲	仁
Old Chinese	/*srɯs/	/*njin/

Verb

使人

1. (Classical Chinese) to send someone

Noun

使人

1. (Classical Chinese) emissary; envoy; messenger