民人

Chinese

		the people; nationality; citizen	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (民人)		民	人
anagram		人民

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): mínrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄖㄣˊ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): минжын (minřɨn, I-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ jan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mínrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mínrén
    • Wade–Giles: min²-jên²
    • Yale: mín-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: minren
    • Palladius: миньжэнь (minʹžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /min³⁵ ʐən³⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: минжын (minřɨn, I-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ²⁴ ʐəŋ²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: man⁴ jan⁴
    • Yale: màhn yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ jɐn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: mjin nyin

Rime
Character	民	人
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	彌鄰切	如鄰切
Baxter	mjin	nyin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/miɪn/	/ȵiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/min/	/ȵin/
Shao Rongfen	/mjen/	/ȵʑjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/min/	/ȵin/
Li Rong	/miĕn/	/ȵiĕn/
Wang Li	/mĭĕn/	/ȵʑĭĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯ĕn/	/ȵʑi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mín	rén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	man4	jan4

Noun

民人

1. (literary) the common people; the masses; ordinary citizens

Synonyms

• 一般人 (yībānrén)
• 世人 (shìrén)
• 世間人／世间人 (Hokkien)
• 人士 (rénshì) (literary)
• 人民 (rénmín)
• 人群 (rénqún)
• 人萌 (rénméng) (literary)
• 俗人 (súrén)
• 俗子 (súzǐ) (literary)
• 𫣆人 (Hakka)
• 兆民 (zhàomín) (archaic)
• 公眾／公众 (gōngzhòng)
• 凡人 (fánrén)
• 凡夫 (fánfū) (literary)
• 匹夫 (pǐfū) (literary)
• 四眾人／四众人 (Teochew)
• 士人 (shìrén) (archaic)
• 大眾／大众 (dàzhòng)
• 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)
• 斯人 (sīrén) (Classical Chinese)
• 普通人 (pǔtōngrén)
• 民眾／民众 (mínzhòng)
• 烝民 (zhēngmín) (literary)
• 白衣 (báiyī) (historical)
• 白衣人 (báiyīrén) (historical)
• 白身 (báishēn) (archaic)
• 白身人 (báishēnrén) (archaic)
• 百姓
• 眾人／众人 (zhòngrén) (literary)
• 萬姓／万姓 (wànxìng) (archaic)
• 群眾／群众 (qúnzhòng)
• 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 (literary)
• 野人 (yěrén) (archaic)
• 黎庶 (líshù) (literary)
• 黎民 (límín) (literary)
• 黎首 (líshǒu) (archaic)
• 黔首 (qiánshǒu) (archaic)