世人せじん

Chinese

		life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (世人せじん)		世よ	人ひと
anagram		人世じんせい

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sai³ jan⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): sai¹ ngin³

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ-ngìn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sè-lîn / sì-jîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhrén
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-jên²
    • Yale: shr̀-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhren
    • Palladius: шижэнь (šižɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai³ jan⁴
    • Yale: sai yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai³ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei³ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³³ jɐn²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: sai¹ ngin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sai³³ ᵑɡin²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-ngìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii ngin^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴ ngin²
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ ŋin¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sè-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: sè-lîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sealiin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /se²¹⁻⁵³ lin²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lin²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì-jîn
    • Tâi-lô: sì-jîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siejiin
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si²¹⁻⁵³ d͡zin¹³/

Noun

世人せじん

1. ordinary person; average person; common people
2. mortal

Synonyms

• (ordinary person)

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• 一般人いっぱんじん (yībānrén)
• 世間せけん人じん／世よ间人 (Hokkien)
• 人士じんし (rénshì) (literary)
• 人民じんみん (rénmín)
• 人ひと群ぐん (rénqún)
• 人ひと萌もえ (rénméng) (literary)
• 俗人ぞくじん (súrén)
• 俗ぞく子こ (súzǐ) (literary)
• 𫣆人ひと (Hakka)
• 兆民ちょうみん (zhàomín) (archaic)
• 公おおやけ眾／公おおやけ众 (gōngzhòng)
• 凡人ぼんじん (fánrén)
• 凡夫ぼんぷ (fánfū) (literary)
• 匹夫ひっぷ (pǐfū) (literary)
• 四よん眾人／四よん众人 (si³ zing³ nang⁵) (Teochew)
• 士人しじん (shìrén) (archaic)
• 大だい眾／大だい众 (dàzhòng)
• 子こ民みん (zǐmín) (historical)
• 家人かじん (jiārén) (archaic)
• 布衣ふい (bùyī) (historical)
• 常人じょうじん (chángrén)
• 平たいら人じん (píngrén) (literary)
• 平ひら常人じょうじん (píngchángrén)
• 平民へいみん (píngmín)
• 庶人 (shùrén) (literary)
• 庶民しょみん (shùmín) (literary)
• 斯人 (sīrén) (Classical Chinese)
• 普通ふつう人じん (pǔtōngrén)
• 民みん人じん (mínrén) (literary)
• 民みん眾／民みん众 (mínzhòng)
• 烝民 (zhēngmín) (literary)
• 烝黎 (zhēnglí) (Classical Chinese)
• 白衣はくい (báiyī) (historical)
• 白衣はくい人じん (báiyīrén) (historical)
• 白身しろみ (báishēn) (archaic)
• 白身しろみ人じん (báishēnrén) (archaic)
• 百姓ひゃくしょう
• 眾人／众人 (zhòngrén) (literary)
• 萬まん姓せい／万まん姓せい (wànxìng) (archaic)
• 群ぐん眾／群ぐん众 (qúnzhòng)
• 老ろう百姓ひゃくしょう (lǎobǎixìng)
• 良人りょうじん (liángrén) (literary)
• 草くさ民みん (cǎomín) (the worthless ordinary people)
• 草くさ菅すが (cǎojiān) (Classical Chinese, figurative)
• 草野くさの (cǎoyě) (literary, figurative)
• 萌もえ (literary)
• 野人やじん (yěrén) (archaic)
• 黎はじむ庶 (líshù) (literary)
• 黎はじむ民みん (límín) (literary)
• 黎はじむ首くび (líshǒu) (archaic)
• 黔首 (qiánshǒu) (archaic)
• 黔黎 (archaic)

 

• (mortal):

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• 人世じんせい間あいだ的てき人ひと／人世じんせい间的てき人ひと (rénshìjiān de rén)
• 俗骨ぞっこつ (súgǔ) (figurative)
• 凡人ぼんじん (fánrén)
• 塵ちり世間せけん的てき人ひと／尘世间的てき人ひと (chénshìjiān de rén)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (世人せじん):

• → Japanese: 世よ(せ)人ひと(じん) (sejin)
• → Korean: 세인(世人せじん) (sein)

Further reading

• Ding, Fubao (丁ちょう福ぶく保ほ) (1922), “世人せじん” in 佛學ぶつがく大だい辭典じてん [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
世よ	人ひと
せ Grade: 3	じん Grade: 1
goon	kan'on

Middle Chinese 世人せじん

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せじん [séꜜjìǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [se̞ʑĩɴ]

Noun

世よ(せ)人ひと(じん) • (sejin) 

1. (other) people; the world; the public

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
世よ	人ひと
よ Grade: 3	ひと Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Old Japanese [Term?], 世よ (“world”) +‎ 人ひと (“people”)

Noun

世よ(よ)人ひと(ひと) • (yohito) 

1. (archaic, literary) (other) people; the world; the public
   • 2018, Mafumafu (lyrics and music), “朧月おぼろづき [Hazy Moon]”:

     華はなやかな景観けいかんに 当あてられ世人せじんは列つらなる
     愛あいしみは幾いく匁もんめ 花はなは一いち匁もんめ

     Hanayaka na Keikan ni aterare yohito wa tsuranaru
     Kanashimi wa ikumonme Hana wa ichimonme

     People are lining up, in the splendid scenery
     How cheap is my love? This flower's just one cent