斯人

斯人

Chinese

		(phonetic); this	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (斯人)		斯	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sīrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄙ ㄖㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sīrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄙ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sihrén
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ¹-jên²
    • Yale: sz̄-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syren
    • Palladius: сыжэнь (syžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Middle Chinese: /siᴇ  ȵiɪn/

Rime
Character	斯	人
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	支 (11)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	息移切	如鄰切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siᴇ/	/ȵiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/siɛ/	/ȵin/
Shao Rongfen	/sjɛ/	/ȵʑjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/siə̆/	/ȵin/
Li Rong	/sie/	/ȵiĕn/
Wang Li	/sǐe/	/ȵʑĭĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/sie̯/	/ȵʑi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sī	rén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si1	jan4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[s]e  ni[ŋ]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*se  njin/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	斯	人
Reading #	2/3	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	sī	rén
Middle Chinese	‹ sje ›	‹ nyin ›
Old Chinese	/*[s]e/	/*ni[ŋ]/
English	this	(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	斯	人
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	11995	10800
Phonetic component	斯	人
Rime group	支	眞
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	斯	仁
Old Chinese	/*se/	/*njin/
Notes	朱駿聲雲斯爲會意字， 非其聲

Pronoun

斯人

1. (Classical Chinese) this person

   • 斯人也而有斯疾也！ [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE

     Sīrén yě ér yǒu sī jí yě! [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this example)

   • 噫！微斯人，吾誰與歸？ [MSC, trad.]
     噫！微斯人，吾谁与归？ [MSC, simp.]

     From: Fan Zhongyan, Memorial to Yueyang Tower

     Yī! Wēi sīrén, wú shéi yǔ guī? [Pinyin]

     Alas! If there is no such kind of person, who should I follow?

Noun

斯人

1. (Classical Chinese) common people

   • 鳥獸不可與同群，吾非斯人之徒與而誰與？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     鸟兽不可与同群，吾非斯人之徒与而谁与？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE

     Niǎoshòu bùkě yǔ tóngqún, wú fēi sīrén zhī tú yǔ ér shéi yǔ? [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this example)

2. (rare) Short for 斯洛文尼亞人／斯洛文尼亚人 (sīluòwénníyàrén, “Slovenian”).

Synonyms

• (common people):

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Synonyms of 斯人

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) 庶民 (shùmín) (literary) 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)