子民

Chinese

		child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight	the people; nationality; citizen
simp. and trad. (子民)		子	民

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǐmín

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˇ ㄇㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² man⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ́-mìn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chú-bîn / chír-bîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǐmín
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄇㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǐhmín
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ³-min²
    • Yale: dž-mín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyymin
    • Palladius: цзыминь (czyminʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ min³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zi² man⁴
    • Yale: jí màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji² men⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ mɐn²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 子民 指紋／指纹

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ́-mìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: zii` minˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zi³ min²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ³¹ min¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú-bîn
    • Tâi-lô: tsú-bîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zw'biin
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bin²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bin²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bin¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chír-bîn
    • Tâi-lô: tsír-bîn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bin²⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: tsiX mjin

Rime
Character	子	民
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	之 (19)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	即里切	彌鄰切
Baxter	tsiX	mjin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sɨX/	/miɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sɨX/	/min/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sieX/	/mjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sɨX/	/min/
Li Rong	/t͡siəX/	/miĕn/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭəX/	/mĭĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡siX/	/mi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zǐ	mín
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi2	man4

Noun

子民

1. (historical) the people
2. subject (a citizen in a monarchy)

Synonyms

• 一般人 (yībānrén)
• 世人 (shìrén)
• 世間人／世间人 (Hokkien)
• 人士 (rénshì) (literary)
• 人民 (rénmín)
• 人群 (rénqún)
• 人萌 (rénméng) (literary)
• 俗人 (súrén)
• 俗子 (súzǐ) (literary)
• 𫣆人 (Hakka)
• 兆民 (zhàomín) (archaic)
• 公眾／公众 (gōngzhòng)
• 凡人 (fánrén)
• 凡夫 (fánfū) (literary)
• 匹夫 (pǐfū) (literary)
• 四眾人／四众人 (Teochew)
• 士人 (shìrén) (archaic)
• 大眾／大众 (dàzhòng)
• 家人 (jiārén) (archaic)
• 布衣 (bùyī) (historical)
• 常人 (chángrén)
• 平人 (píngrén) (literary)
• 平常人 (píngchángrén)
• 平民 (píngmín)
• 庶人 (shùrén) (literary)
• 庶民 (shùmín) (literary)
• 斯人 (sīrén) (Classical Chinese)
• 普通人 (pǔtōngrén)
• 民人 (mínrén) (literary)
• 民眾／民众 (mínzhòng)
• 烝民 (zhēngmín) (literary)
• 白衣 (báiyī) (historical)
• 白衣人 (báiyīrén) (historical)
• 白身 (báishēn) (archaic)
• 白身人 (báishēnrén) (archaic)
• 百姓
• 眾人／众人 (zhòngrén) (literary)
• 萬姓／万姓 (wànxìng) (archaic)
• 群眾／群众 (qúnzhòng)
• 老百姓 (lǎobǎixìng)
• 良人 (liángrén) (literary)
• 草民 (cǎomín) (the worthless ordinary people)
• 草菅 (cǎojiān) (Classical Chinese, figurative)
• 草野 (cǎoyě) (literary, figurative)
• 萌 (literary)
• 野人 (yěrén) (archaic)
• 黎庶 (líshù) (literary)
• 黎民 (límín) (literary)
• 黎首 (líshǒu) (archaic)
• 黔首 (qiánshǒu) (archaic)