鄙人

Chinese

		rustic; low; base rustic; low; base; mean	man; person; people
trad. (鄙人)		鄙	人
simp. ^#(鄙人)		鄙	人

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǐrén

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pei² jan⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phí-ngìn
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phí-lîn / phí-jîn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bǐrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bǐrén
  - Wade–Giles: pi³-jên²
  - Yale: bǐ-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biiren
  - Palladius: бижэнь (bižɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: pei² jan⁴
  - Yale: péi yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pei² jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: péi² yen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯³⁵ jɐn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phí-ngìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: pi` nginˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: pi³ ngin²
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰi³¹ ɲin¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phí-lîn
  - Tâi-lô: phí-lîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phyliin
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /pʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lin²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lin²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phí-jîn
  - Tâi-lô: phí-jîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phyjiin
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ʑin²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡ʑin¹³/

Middle Chinese: pijX nyin

Rime
Character	鄙	人
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	方美切	如鄰切
Baxter	pijX	nyin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠiɪ^X/	/ȵiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚi^X/	/ȵin/
Shao Rongfen	/piɪ^X/	/ȵʑjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pji^X/	/ȵin/
Li Rong	/pji^X/	/ȵiĕn/
Wang Li	/pi^X/	/ȵʑĭĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/pi^X/	/ȵʑi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bǐ	rén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bei²	jan⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*prəʔ ni[ŋ]/

(Zhengzhang): /*prɯʔ njin/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	鄙	人
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bǐ	rén
Middle Chinese	‹ pij^X ›	‹ nyin ›
Old Chinese	/*prəʔ/	/*ni[ŋ]/
English	border town	(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	鄙	人
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	550	10800
Phonetic component	啚	人
Rime group	之	眞
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	鄙	仁
Old Chinese	/*prɯʔ/	/*njin/

Noun

鄙人

(literary) resident of a remote area

Pronoun

鄙人

(literary, humble) I; me

Synonyms

鄙賤／鄙贱 (bǐjiàn)
不才 (bùcái)
在下 (zàixià)

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