匹夫
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Chinese[edit]
(measure word for horses, mules, a bolt of cloth); ordinary person; mate (measure word for horses, mules, a bolt of cloth); ordinary person; mate; one of a pair |
husband; man | ||
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trad. (匹夫) | 匹 | 夫 | |
simp. #(匹夫) | 匹 | 夫 |
Pronunciation[edit]
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˇ ㄈㄨ
- Tongyong Pinyin: pǐfu
- Wade–Giles: pʻi3-fu1
- Yale: pǐ-fū
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: piifu
- Palladius: пифу (pifu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: pat1 fu1
- Yale: pāt fū
- Cantonese Pinyin: pat7 fu1
- Guangdong Romanization: ped1 fu1
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰɐt̚⁵ fuː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- Middle Chinese: phjit pju
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*pʰi[t] p(r)a/
- (Zhengzhang): /*pʰid pa/
Noun[edit]
匹夫
- (literary) ordinary man
- (literary) the common people; the masses; ordinary citizens
- (literary) ordinary person; unexceptional individual
- (literary) autocrat
- (literary, derogatory) ignorant person
Synonyms[edit]
- (common people):
- 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)
- 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)
- 黎庶 (líshù) (literary)
- 黎民 (límín) (literary)
- 黎首 (líshǒu) (archaic)
- 黔首 (qiánshǒu) (archaic)