愚人

愚人

Chinese

		stupid	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (愚人)		愚	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yúrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ jan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: yúrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˊ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuren
    • IPA ^(key): /y³⁵ ʐən³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴ jan⁴
    • Yale: yùh yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ yen⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ jɐn²¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Middle Chinese: /ŋɨo  ȵiɪn/▼

Rime
Character	愚	人
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	虞俱切	如鄰切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɨo/	/ȵiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋio/	/ȵin/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋio/	/ȵʑjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋuə̆/	/ȵin/
Li Rong	/ŋio/	/ȵiĕn/
Wang Li	/ŋĭu/	/ȵʑĭĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋi̯u/	/ȵʑi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yú	rén

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋo  njin/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	人
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	rén
Middle Chinese	‹ nyin ›
Old Chinese	/*ni[ŋ]/
English	(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	愚	人
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	15919	10800
Phonetic component	禺	人
Rime group	侯	眞
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime		仁
Old Chinese	/*ŋo/	/*njin/

Noun

愚人

1. (literary) stupid person; fool; simpleton

   • 尤二姐滴淚說道：「你們拿我作愚人待，什么事我不知。」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     尤二姐滴泪说道：“你们拿我作愚人待，什么事我不知。” [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18^th century CE

     Yóu Èrjiě dīlèi shuōdào: “Nǐmen ná wǒ zuò yúrén dài, shénme shì wǒ bù zhī.” [Pinyin]

     Second Sister You said with tears dripping, “You treat me like a fool. Whatever it is, I do not know.”

   • 鴻雁于飛，哀鳴嗷嗷。維此哲人，謂我劬勞。維彼愚人，謂我宣驕。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     鸿雁于飞，哀鸣嗷嗷。维此哲人，谓我劬劳。维彼愚人，谓我宣骄。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, circa 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Hóngyàn yú fēi, āimíng áo'áo. Wéi cǐ zhérén, wèi wǒ qúláo. Wéi bǐ yúrén, wèi wǒ xuānjiāo. [Pinyin]

     The wild geese are flying about,
     And melancholy is their cry of ao-ao.
     There were they, wise men,
     who recognized our pain and toil;
     If they had been stupid men,
     They would have said we were proclaiming our insolence.

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 愚人

低能兒／低能儿 (dīnéng'ér) 傻仔 (Cantonese) 傻子 (shǎzi) 傻瓜 (shǎguā) 呆子 (dāizi) 呆瓜 (dāiguā)

壋將／垱将 (Min Nan) 白痴 (báichī) 笨人 (bènrén) 笨蛋 (bèndàn) 蠢人 (chǔnrén) 錘哥／锤哥 (Min Nan)

Derived terms

愚人節／愚人节 (Yúrénjié)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
愚	人
ぐ Grade: S	じん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Kanji in this term
愚	人
ぐ Grade: S	にん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

愚人 (hiragana ぐじん, rōmaji gujin, alternative reading ぐにん, rōmaji gunin)

1. idiot

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Korean

Hanja in this term
愚	人

Noun

愚人 • (u-in) (hangeul 우인)

1. Hanja form^? of 우인 (“idiot”).