Chinese edit

 
(measure word for horses, mules, a bolt of cloth); ordinary person; mate
(measure word for horses, mules, a bolt of cloth); ordinary person; mate; one of a pair
husband; man
trad. (匹夫)
simp. #(匹夫)

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Initial () (2) (1)
Final () (48) (24)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter phjit pju
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pʰiɪt̚/ /pɨo/
Pan
Wuyun
/pʰit̚/ /pio/
Shao
Rongfen
/pʰjet̚/ /pio/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/pʰit̚/ /puə̆/
Li
Rong
/pʰiĕt̚/ /pio/
Wang
Li
/pʰĭĕt̚/ /pĭu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/pʰi̯ĕt̚/ /pi̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
pi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
pat1 fu1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ phjit › ‹ pju ›
Old
Chinese
/*pʰi[t]/ /*p(r)a/
English one of a pair man

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 1/2
No. 9737 3274
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*pʰid/ /*pa/

Noun edit

匹夫

  1. (literary) ordinary man
  2. (literary) the common people; the masses; ordinary citizens
  3. (literary) ordinary person; unexceptional individual
  4. (literary) autocrat
  5. (literary, derogatory) ignorant person

Synonyms edit

  • (common people):

Derived terms edit