Chinese

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

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (16) (38)
Final () (11) (43)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
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
rén
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
si1 jan4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 2/3 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 11995 10800
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*se/ /*njin/
Notes 駿

Pronoun

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斯人

  1. (Classical) this person

Noun

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斯人

  1. (Classical) common people
  2. (rare) Short for 斯洛文尼亞人斯洛文尼亚人 (sīluòwénníyàrén, “Slovenian”).

Synonyms

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  • (common people):