庶民

庶民

Chinese

		ordinary	the people; nationality; citizen
simp. and trad. (庶民)		庶	民

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shùmín

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syu³ man⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): sù-bîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shùmín
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shùmín
    • Wade–Giles: shu⁴-min²
    • Yale: shù-mín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuhmin
    • Palladius: шуминь (šuminʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵¹ min³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: syu³ man⁴
    • Yale: syu màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sy³ man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xu³ men⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʃyː³³ mɐn²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sù-bîn
    • Tâi-lô: sù-bîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suo'biin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /su²¹⁻⁵³ bin²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /su⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bin²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /su²¹⁻⁵³ bin¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /su¹¹⁻⁵³ bin²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /su²¹⁻⁴¹ bin²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɕɨʌ^H  miɪn/

Rime
Character	庶	民
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	商署切	彌鄰切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕɨʌH/	/miɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɔH/	/min/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕiɔH/	/mjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕɨə̆H/	/min/
Li Rong	/ɕiɔH/	/miĕn/
Wang Li	/ɕĭoH/	/mĭĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯woH/	/mi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shù	mín
Expected Cantonese Reflex	syu3	man4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-tak-s  mi[ŋ]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*hljaɡs  min/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	庶	民
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shù	mín
Middle Chinese	‹ syoH ›	‹ mjin ›
Old Chinese	/*s-tak-s/	/*mi[ŋ]/
English	numerous; commoner	people
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	庶	民
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	11905	9130
Phonetic component	庶	民
Rime group	暮	眞
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	恕	民
Old Chinese	/*hljaɡs/	/*min/
Notes	甲金文火上爲石， 石亦聲，本炙初文

Noun

庶民

1. (literary) commoners; ordinary citizens; plebeians

   天子犯法，與庶民同罪 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
   天子犯法，与庶民同罪 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   tiānzǐ fànfǎ, yǔ shùmín tóng zuì [Pinyin]

   When the emperor commits crimes, he is equally guilty like commoners

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 庶民

一般人 (yībānrén) 世人 (shìrén) 人士 (rénshì) (literary) 人民 (rénmín) 人群 (rénqún) 人萌 (rénméng) (literary) 俗人 (súrén) 俗子 (súzǐ) (literary) 兆民 (zhàomín) (archaic) 凡人 (fánrén) 凡夫 (fánfū) (literary) 匹夫 (pǐfū) (literary) 士人 (shìrén) (archaic) 子民 (zǐmín) (historical) 家人 (jiārén) (archaic) 布衣 (bùyī) (historical) 常人 (chángrén) 平人 (píngrén) (literary) 平常人 (píngchángrén) 平民 (píngmín) 庶人 (shùrén) (literary) 斯人 (sīrén) (Classical Chinese) 普通人 (pǔtōngrén) 民人 (mínrén) (literary) 烝民 (zhēngmín) (literary)

白衣 (báiyī) (historical) 白衣人 (báiyīrén) (historical) 白身 (báishēn) (archaic) 白身人 (báishēnrén) (archaic) 百姓 (bǎixìng) 老百姓 (lǎobǎixìng) 良人 (liángrén) (literary) 草民 (cǎomín) (the worthless ordinary people) 草菅 (cǎojiān) (Classical Chinese, figurative) 草野 (cǎoyě) (literary, figurative) 萌 (méng) (literary) 野人 (yěrén) (archaic) 黎庶 (líshù) (literary) 黎民 (límín) (literary) 黎首 (líshǒu) (archaic) 黔首 (qiánshǒu) (archaic) 𫣆人 (Hakka) 世間人／世间人 (Min Nan) 公眾／公众 (gōngzhòng) 四眾人／四众人 (Teochew) 大眾／大众 (dàzhòng) 民眾／民众 (mínzhòng) 眾人／众人 (zhòngrén) (literary) 群眾／群众 (qúnzhòng) 萬姓／万姓 (wànxìng) (archaic)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
庶	民
しょ Grade: S	みん Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• (Tokyo) しょ​みん [shóꜜmìǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞mʲĩɴ]

Noun

庶(しょ)民(みん) • (shomin) 

1. commoners, common people

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN