人人

See also: 从

Chinese

		man; person; people	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (人人)		人	人
alternative forms		儂儂／侬侬 Min Nan (colloquial)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rénrén

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rénrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rénrén
  - Wade–Giles: jên²-jên²
  - Yale: rén-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renren
  - Palladius: жэньжэнь (žɛnʹžɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ ʐən³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jan⁴ jan⁴
  - Yale: yàhn yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ yen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ jɐn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngìn-ngìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngin^ˇ ngin^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngin² ngin²
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋin¹¹ ŋin¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâng-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: lâng-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: langlaang
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /laŋ²⁴⁻²² laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /laŋ¹³⁻²² laŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /laŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /laŋ²³⁻³³ laŋ²³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-lîn
  - Tâi-lô: lîn-lîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: linliin
  - IPA (Taipei): /lin²⁴⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /lin²⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jîn-jîn
  - Tâi-lô: jîn-jîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jinjiin
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /zin²³⁻³³ zin²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zin¹³⁻²² d͡zin¹³/

Note:

lâng-lâng - colloquial;
lîn-lîn/jîn-jîn - literary.

Middle Chinese: nyin nyin

Rime
Character	人
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	如鄰切
Baxter	nyin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵin/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵin/
Li Rong	/ȵiĕn/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	rén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jan⁴

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

(Zhengzhang): /*njin njin/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	人
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	rén
Middle Chinese	‹ nyin ›
Old Chinese	/*ni[ŋ]/
English	(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	人
Reading #	1/1
No.	10800
Phonetic component	人
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	仁
Old Chinese	/*njin/

Noun

人人

everyone; everybody; all of us
法律面前人人平等。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
Fǎlǜ miànqián rénrén píngděng. [Pinyin]
All men are equal before the law.

人人都會犯錯，這是在所難免的。 [MSC, trad.]
人人都会犯错，这是在所难免的。 [MSC, simp.]
Rénrén dōu huì fàncuò, zhè shì zàisuǒnánmiǎn de. [Pinyin]
It is inevitable that everyone will make mistakes.
(literary) refers to a lover or intimate friend

Synonyms

(everyone):

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一體／一体 (yītǐ)
儕儕／侪侪 (Hakka)
各人 (gèrén)
大夥／大伙 (dàhuǒ) (colloquial)
大家
大家夥／大家伙 (dàjiāhuǒ) (colloquial)
所有人 (suǒyǒurén)
所有的人 (suǒyǒu de rén)
每人 (měirén)
每儕／每侪 (Hakka)
眾人／众人 (zhòngrén)
逐人 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
逐個／逐个 (Hokkien)
逐儕／逐侪 (Hakka)
逐股 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
人	人
ひと Grade: 1	ひと > びと Grade: 1
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 人人 – see the following entry.

【人々ひとびと】

[noun] people, each person, everybody

(This term, 人人, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)