老百姓

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	hundred surnames; the common people; the masses hundred surnames; the common people; the masses; ordinary citizens; all kinds of government officials
trad. (老百姓)		老	百姓
simp. #(老百姓)		老	百姓
Literally: “old hundred surnames”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎobǎixìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄅㄞˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ baak³ sing³

• Gan (Wiktionary): lau³ bet⁶ 'xin⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ló-pak-siang
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): láu-peh-sìⁿ / láu-peeh-sèⁿ / láu-peh-sèⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎobǎixìng [Phonetic: láobǎixìng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄅㄞˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎobǎisìng
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-pai³-hsing⁴
    • Yale: lǎu-bǎi-syìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laobaeshinq
    • Palladius: лаобайсин (laobajsin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ baak³ sing³
    • Yale: lóuh baak sing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ baak⁸ sing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ bag³ xing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ paːk̚³ sɪŋ³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: lau³ bet⁶ 'xin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lau²¹³⁻¹³ pɛt̚⁵ ˈɕin³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ló-pak-siang
    • Hakka Romanization System: lo` bag` xiang
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lo³ bag⁵ xiang⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /lo³¹ pak̚² si̯aŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láu-peh-sìⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: láu-peh-sìnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: law'pehsvix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pe(ʔ)⁵ sĩ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ sĩ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ sĩ¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láu-peeh-sèⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: láu-peeh-sènn
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pɛ(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ sɛ̃²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láu-peh-sèⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: láu-peh-sènn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: law'pehsvex
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ sẽ²¹/

Noun

老百姓

1. the common people; the masses; ordinary citizens

   禍害老百姓／祸害老百姓  ―  huòhài lǎobǎixìng  ―  to harm the common people

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 (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)
• 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)
• 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)