See also:

Chinese edit

man; person; people man; person; people
simp. and trad.
(人人)
alternative forms 儂儂侬侬 Min Nan (colloquial)

Pronunciation edit


Note:
  • lâng-lâng - colloquial;
  • lîn-lîn/jîn-jîn - literary.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (38)
Final () (43)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter nyin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ȵiɪn/
Pan
Wuyun
/ȵin/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȵʑjen/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ȵin/
Li
Rong
/ȵiĕn/
Wang
Li
/ȵʑĭĕn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ȵʑi̯ĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
rén
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jan4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
rén
Middle
Chinese
‹ nyin ›
Old
Chinese
/*ni[ŋ]/
English (other) person

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 10800
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*njin/

Noun edit

人人

  1. everyone; everybody; all of us
    法律面前人人平等 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
    Fǎlǜ miànqián rénrén píngděng. [Pinyin]
    All men are equal before the law.
    人人犯錯在所難免 [MSC, trad.]
    人人犯错在所难免 [MSC, simp.]
    Rénrén dōu huì fàncuò, zhè shì zàisuǒnánmiǎn de. [Pinyin]
    It is inevitable that everyone will make mistakes.
  2. (literary) refers to a lover or intimate friend

Synonyms edit

  • (everyone):

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
ひと
Grade: 1
ひと > びと
Grade: 1
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 人人 – see the following entry.
人々ひとびと
[noun] people, each person, everybody
(This term, 人人, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)