一人

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ChineseEdit

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (一人)		一	人

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ jan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yīrén [Phonetic: yìrén]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yi1ren
    • IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ jan⁴
    • Yale: yāt yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ yen⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ jɐn²¹/

NounEdit

一人

1. a person; one person; someone

AdverbEdit

一人

1. by one person; alone

Derived termsEdit

• 一人得道，雞犬升天／一人得道，鸡犬升天 (yīréndédào, jīquǎnshēngtiān)

• 一人樂隊／一人乐队 (yīrén yuèduì)

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JapaneseEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Kanji in this term
一	人
ひと Grade: 1	り Grade: 1
kun’yomi

一 (hito, “one”) +‎ 人 (-ri, “person”).
pitori → ɸitori → hitori.

PronunciationEdit

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ひと​り [hìtóꜜrì] (Nakadaka – [2])
  • IPA^(key): [çi̥to̞ɾʲi]

NounEdit

一人 (hiragana ひとり, rōmaji hitori)

1. one person
2. (attributive) doing something by oneself; one-man

Etymology 2Edit

pidari → ɸidari. Apophonic form of 一人 (hitori).

NounEdit

一人 (hiragana ひだり, rōmaji hidari)

1. one person
   • 720: Nihon Shoki (page 205)

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SynonymsEdit

• 独 (ひと)り (hitori), 独 (ひと)りぼっち (hitoribotchi): alone

See alsoEdit

• 自 (じ)分 (ぶん) (jibun)

Etymology 3Edit

Kanji in this term
一	人
かず Grade: 1	ひと Grade: 1

Proper nounEdit

一人 (hiragana かずひと, rōmaji Kazuhito)

1. A male given name

Etymology 4Edit

Kanji in this term
一	人
かず Grade: 1	と Grade: 1

Proper nounEdit

一人 (hiragana かずと, rōmaji Kazuto)

1. A male given name

ReferencesEdit

• Sakamoto, Tarō; Ienaga Saburō, Inoue Mitsusada, Ōno Susumu (1965) Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei: Nihon Shoki (vol. 1), Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN