不求人

Chinese

		not; no	to seek; to look for; to request to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (不求人)		不	求	人
Literally: “to not seek help from others”.

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùqiúrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ kau⁴ jan⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): put-kiû-jîn / put-kiû-lîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùqiúrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùcióurén
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-chʻiu²-jên²
    • Yale: bù-chyóu-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buchyouren
    • Palladius: буцюжэнь (bucjužɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ kau⁴ jan⁴
    • Yale: bāt kàuh yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ kau⁴ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ keo⁴ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ kʰɐu̯²¹ jɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Sanxia, Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-kiû-jîn
    • Tâi-lô: put-kiû-jîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putkiujiin
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ kiu²³⁻³³ zin²³/
    • IPA (Yilan): /put̚²⁻⁵ kiu²⁴⁻³³ d͡zin²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-kiû-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: put-kiû-lîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putkiuliin
    • IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ kiu²⁴⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/

不求人 (1)

Noun

不求人

1. bamboo or wood backscratcher
2. (mahjong) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
3. (traditional Chinese medicine) dancing crane cobra lily (Arisaema heterophyllum)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 不求人 (“backscratcher”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		不求人
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	老頭兒樂, 癢癢撓兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	不求人
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	癢抓, 抓癢, 癢癢撓兒 in some places, 抓子 in some places
	Liuzhou	抓癢耙, 不求人, 癢耙, 癢癢撓 in some subdialects
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	老人樂, 不求人, 撓癢筢
	Yangzhou	抓癢耙子, 不求人 uncommon
Cantonese	Dongguan	不求人
Southern Min	Taipei	不求人, 抓耙仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	不求人, 抓耙仔
	Kaohsiung	不求人, 尻脊扒仔
	Yilan	不求人, 扒仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	抓耙仔
	Taichung	抓耙仔
	Tainan	扒癢的
	Hsinchu	扒仔
	Kinmen	抓尻脊彼枝
	Penghu (Magong)	竹桮
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	不求人
Wu	Shanghai	搔手, 勿求人
	Ningbo	搔癢棒, 𢪂癢棒
	Wenzhou	不求人
Xiang	Changsha	癢抓子