鄙人
Chinese
rustic; low; base rustic; low; base; mean | man; person; people | ||
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simp. and trad. (鄙人) | 鄙 | 人 |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): bǐrén
- (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄖㄣˊ
- Cantonese (Jyutping): pei2 jan4
- Min Nan (POJ): phí-lîn / phí-jîn
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Pinyin: bǐrén
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄖㄣˊ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biiren
- IPA (key): /pi²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʐən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: pei2 jan4
- Yale: péi yàhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: pei2 jan4
- Guangdong Romanization: péi2 yen4
- IPA (key): /pʰei̯³⁵ jɐn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phí-lîn
- Tâi-lô: phí-lîn
- Phofsit Daibuun: phyliin
- IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /pʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lin²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lin²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phí-jîn
- Tâi-lô: phí-jîn
- Phofsit Daibuun: phyjiin
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ʑin²³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡ʑin¹³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
- Middle Chinese: /pˠiɪX ȵiɪn/▼
Rime | ||
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Character | 鄙 | 人 |
Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) | 日 (38) |
Final (韻) | 脂 (17) | 眞 (43) |
Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Level (Ø) |
Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
Division (等) | Chongniu III | III |
Fanqie | 方美切 | 如鄰切 |
Reconstructions | ||
Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pˠiɪX/ | /ȵiɪn/ |
Pan Wuyun | /pᵚiX/ | /ȵin/ |
Shao Rongfen | /piɪX/ | /ȵʑjen/ |
Edwin Pulleyblank | /pjiX/ | /ȵin/ |
Li Rong | /pjiX/ | /ȵiĕn/ |
Wang Li | /piX/ | /ȵʑĭĕn/ |
Bernard Karlgren | /piX/ | /ȵʑi̯ĕn/ |
Expected Mandarin Reflex | bǐ | rén |
- Old Chinese▼
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*prəʔ ni[ŋ]/
- (Zhengzhang): /*prɯʔ njin/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | ||
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Character | 鄙 | 人 |
Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | bǐ | rén |
Middle Chinese | ‹ pijX › | ‹ nyin › |
Old Chinese | /*prəʔ/ | /*ni[ŋ]/ |
English | border town | (other) person |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; |
Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
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Character | 鄙 | 人 |
Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
No. | 550 | 10800 |
Phonetic component | 啚 | 人 |
Rime group | 之 | 眞 |
Rime subdivision | 0 | 1 |
Corresponding MC rime | 鄙 | 仁 |
Old Chinese | /*prɯʔ/ | /*njin/ |
Noun
鄙人
- (literary) resident of a remote area
Pronoun
鄙人
- (literary, humble) I; me
Synonyms
- 不才 (bùcái)
- 在下 (zàixià)