人上人

Chinese

		man; person; people	up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (人上人)		人	上	人
Literally: “man who is above men”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rénshàngrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄤˋ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ soeng⁶ jan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rénshàngrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄤˋ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rénshàngrén
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-shang⁴-jên²
    • Yale: rén-shàng-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renshanqren
    • Palladius: жэньшанжэнь (žɛnʹšanžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ soeng⁶ jan⁴
    • Yale: yàhn seuhng yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ soeng⁶ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ sêng⁶ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ sœːŋ²² jɐn²¹/

Noun

人上人

1. one who is above the others in the society; top person

Derived terms

• 不受苦中苦，難為人上人／不受苦中苦，难为人上人
• 不吃苦中苦，難為人上人／不吃苦中苦，难为人上人
• 吃得苦中苦，方為人上人／吃得苦中苦，方为人上人 (chī de kǔ zhōng kǔ, fāng wéi rén shàng rén)

 

See also

• 上上人