斯人

Chinese

		phonetic; this	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (斯人)		斯	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sīrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄙ ㄖㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sīrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄙ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sihrén
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ¹-jên²
    • Yale: sz̄-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syren
    • Palladius: сыжэнь (syžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Middle Chinese: sje nyin

Rime
Character	斯	人
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	支 (11)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	息移切	如鄰切
Baxter	sje	nyin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siᴇ/	/ȵiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/siɛ/	/ȵin/
Shao Rongfen	/sjɛ/	/ȵʑjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/siə̆/	/ȵin/
Li Rong	/sie/	/ȵiĕn/
Wang Li	/sǐe/	/ȵʑĭĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/sie̯/	/ȵʑi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sī	rén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si1	jan4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[s]e  ni[ŋ]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*se  njin/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	斯	人
Reading #	2/3	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	sī	rén
Middle Chinese	‹ sje ›	‹ nyin ›
Old Chinese	/*[s]e/	/*ni[ŋ]/
English	this	(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	斯	人
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	11995	10800
Phonetic component	斯	人
Rime group	支	眞
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	斯	仁
Old Chinese	/*se/	/*njin/
Notes	朱駿聲雲斯爲會意字， 非其聲

Pronoun

斯人

1. (Classical) this person

   • 斯人也而有斯疾也！ [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE

     Sīrén yě ér yǒu sī jí yě! [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 噫！微斯人，吾誰與歸？ [MSC, trad.]
     噫！微斯人，吾谁与归？ [MSC, simp.]

     From: Fan Zhongyan, Memorial to Yueyang Tower

     Yī! Wēi sīrén, wú shéi yǔ guī? [Pinyin]

     Alas! If there is no such kind of person, who should I follow?

Noun

斯人

1. (Classical) common people

   • 鳥獸不可與同群，吾非斯人之徒與而誰與？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     鸟兽不可与同群，吾非斯人之徒与而谁与？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE

     Niǎoshòu bùkě yǔ tóngqún, wú fēi sīrén zhī tú yǔ ér shéi yǔ? [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. (rare) Short for 斯洛文尼亞人／斯洛文尼亚人 (sīluòwénníyàrén, “Slovenian”).

Synonyms

• (common people):

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• 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 (si³ zing³ nang⁵) (Teochew)
• 士人 (shìrén) (archaic)
• 大眾／大众 (dàzhòng)
• 子民 (zǐmín) (historical)
• 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)
• 普通人 (pǔtōngrén)
• 民人 (mínrén) (literary)
• 民眾／民众 (mínzhòng)
• 烝民 (zhēngmín) (literary)
• 烝黎 (zhēnglí) (Classical Chinese)
• 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)
• 黔黎 (archaic)