斯人

Chinese

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

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	人ひと
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲こえ)	心しん (16)	日ひ (38)
Final (韻いん)	支ささえ (11)	眞しん (43)
Tone (調しらべ)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開ひらき合あい)	Open	Open
Division (等ひとし)	III	III
Fanqie	息いき移うつり切きり	如鄰切きり
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	人ひと
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	人ひと
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	11995	10800
Phonetic component	斯	人ひと
Rime group	支ささえ	眞しん
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	斯	仁ひとし
Old Chinese	/*se/	/*njin/
Notes	朱しゅ駿しゅん聲こえ雲くも斯爲ため會かい意い字じ， 非ひ其聲こえ

Pronoun

斯人

1. (Classical) this person

   • 斯人也而有ゆう斯疾やまし也！ [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！微ほろ斯人，吾われ誰だれ與あずか歸き？ [MSC, trad.]
     噫！微ほろ斯人，吾われ谁与あずか归？ [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

   • 鳥獸ちょうじゅう不可ふか與あずか同どう群ぐん，吾われ非ひ斯人之これ徒と與あずか而誰だれ與あずか？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     鸟兽不可ふか与あずか同どう群ぐん，吾われ非ひ斯人之これ徒と与あずか而谁与あずか？ [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 斯洛文ぶん尼あま亞あ人じん／斯洛文ぶん尼あま亚人 (sīluòwénníyàrén, “Slovenian”).

Synonyms

• (common people):

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• 一般人いっぱんじん (yībānrén)
• 世人せじん (shìrén)
• 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)
• 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)