黎庶

Chinese

		surname; black; Lebanon (abbrev.)	ordinary
trad. (黎庶)		黎	庶
simp. #(黎庶)		黎	庶
anagram		庶黎

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): líshù

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ ㄕㄨˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: líshù
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˊ ㄕㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: líshù
    • Wade–Giles: li²-shu⁴
    • Yale: lí-shù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lishuh
    • Palladius: лишу (lišu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li³⁵ ʂu⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Middle Chinese: lej syoH

Rime
Character	黎	庶
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	郎奚切	商署切
Baxter	lej	syoH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lei/	/ɕɨʌH/
Pan Wuyun	/lei/	/ɕiɔH/
Shao Rongfen	/lɛi/	/ɕiɔH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛj/	/ɕɨə̆H/
Li Rong	/lei/	/ɕiɔH/
Wang Li	/liei/	/ɕĭoH/
Bernard Karlgren	/liei/	/ɕi̯woH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lí	shù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lai4	syu3

Noun

黎庶

1. (literary) commoners; ordinary citizens; plebeians

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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 黎民 (límín) (literary)
• 黎首 (líshǒu) (archaic)
• 黔首 (qiánshǒu) (archaic)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
黎	庶
れい Jinmeiyō	しょ Grade: S
kan’on	on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 黎庶 (lej syo^H, literally “black [in reference to black hair: i.e. bareheaded, i.e. not nobility] + commoner”). Compare modern Mandarin reading líshù.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) れ​ーしょ [réꜜèshò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɾe̞ːɕo̞]

Noun

黎(れい)庶(しょ) • (reisho) 

1. (uncommon) a commoner, an ordinary person (in contrast to the aristocracy or nobility)

Synonyms

• 庶民(しょみん) (shomin) (most common)
• 黎民(れいみん) (reimin)
• 黎元(れいげん) (reigen)

References

• Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN