一個人

See also: 一个人

Chinese

			man; person; people
trad. (一個人)		一個	人
simp. (一个人)		一个	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīgèrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄍㄜˋ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ go³ jan⁴, jat¹ go³ jan^4-2, jat¹ go³ jan^4-1
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yit-ke-ngìn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chi̍t-ê-lâng / chi̍t-gê-lâng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīgèrén [Phonetic: yígèrén] → yīgerén (toneless variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄍㄜˋ ㄖㄣˊ → ㄧ ˙ㄍㄜ ㄖㄣˊ (toneless variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yige̊rén
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-ko⁵-jên²
    • Yale: yī-ge-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: i.gehren
    • Palladius: игэжэнь (igɛžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ kɤ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/ → /i⁵⁵ g̊ə² ʐən³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīgèrénr [Phonetic: yígèrénr] → yīgerénr (toneless variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄍㄜˋ ㄖㄣˊㄦ → ㄧ ˙ㄍㄜ ㄖㄣˊㄦ (toneless variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yige̊rénr
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-ko⁵-jên²-ʼrh
    • Yale: yī-ge-rénr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: i.gehrel
    • Palladius: игэжэньр (igɛžɛnʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ kɤ⁵¹ ʐəɻ³⁵/ → /i⁵⁵ g̊ə² ʐəɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ go³ jan⁴, jat¹ go³ jan^4-2, jat¹ go³ jan^4-1
    • Yale: yāt go yàhn, yāt go yán, yāt go yān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ go³ jan⁴, jat⁷ go³ jan^4-2, jat⁷ go³ jan^4-1
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ go³ yen⁴, yed¹ go³ yen^4-2, yed¹ go³ yen^4-1
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ kɔː³³ jɐn²¹/, /jɐt̚⁵ kɔː³³ jɐn²¹⁻³⁵/, /jɐt̚⁵ kɔː³³ jɐn²¹⁻⁵⁵/

Note: Using jat1 go3 jan4-1 instead of jat1 go3 jan4 may emphasize "aloneness", cf. discussion on Cantodict.

• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-ke-ngìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: id` ge nginˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yid<sup>5</sup> ge<sup>4</sup> ngin<sup>2</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /it̚² ke⁵⁵ ŋin¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-ke-ngìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)id` ge nginˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ ge⁴ ngin²
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)it̚² ke⁵⁵ ŋin¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi̍t-ê-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: tsi̍t-ê-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cid'elaang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ e¹³⁻²² laŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² e²³⁻³³ laŋ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² e²⁴⁻¹¹ laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² e²⁴⁻²² laŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi̍t-gê-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: tsi̍t-gê-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cidgelaang
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sit̚²⁴⁻² ɡe²⁴⁻²² laŋ²⁴/

Adverb

一個人

1. alone; by oneself; without company

   我想一個人待會兒。 [MSC, trad.]
   我想一个人待会儿。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ xiǎng yīgerén dāihuir. [Pinyin]

   I'd like to be alone for a while.

Synonyms

• 一家頭／一家头 (⁷iq-ka-deu) (Shanghainese)
• 一手
• 單個／单个 (dāngè)
• 單獨／单独 (dāndú)
• 獨個／独个 (dúgè)
• 獨自／独自 (dúzì)
• 空身 (kōngshēn)
• 隻身／只身 (zhīshēn) (literary)