不求人
Chinese
| not; no | to seek; to look for; to request to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech |
man; person; people | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (不求人) |
不 | 求 | 人 | |
| Literally: “to not seek help from others”. | ||||
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): bat1 kau4 jan4
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): put-kiû-jîn / put-kiû-lîn
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: bùqiúrén
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄖㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bùcióurén
- Wade–Giles: pu4-chʻiu2-jên2
- Yale: bù-chyóu-rén
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buchyouren
- Palladius: буцюжэнь (bucjužɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʐən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bat1 kau4 jan4
- Yale: bāt kàuh yàhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: bat7 kau4 jan4
- Guangdong Romanization: bed1 keo4 yen4
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɐt̚⁵ kʰɐu̯²¹ jɐn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Sanxia, Yilan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-kiû-jîn
- Tâi-lô: put-kiû-jîn
- Phofsit Daibuun: putkiujiin
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ kiu²³⁻³³ zin²³/
- IPA (Yilan): /put̚²⁻⁵ kiu²⁴⁻³³ d͡zin²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-kiû-lîn
- Tâi-lô: put-kiû-lîn
- Phofsit Daibuun: putkiuliin
- IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ kiu²⁴⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Sanxia, Yilan)
Noun
不求人
- bamboo or wood backscratcher
- (mahjong) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
{{rfdef}}. - (traditional Chinese medicine) dancing crane cobra lily (Arisaema heterophyllum)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 不求人 (“backscratcher”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 不求人 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 老頭樂 |
| Harbin | 老頭兒樂, 癢癢撓兒 | |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 不求人 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 癢抓, 抓癢, 癢癢撓兒 in some places, 抓子 in some places |
| Liuzhou | 抓癢耙, 不求人, 癢耙, 癢癢撓 in some subdialects | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 老人樂, 不求人, 撓癢筢 |
| Yangzhou | 抓癢耙子, 不求人 uncommon | |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 不求人 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 不求人, 抓耙仔 |
| New Taipei (Sanxia) | 不求人, 抓耙仔 | |
| Kaohsiung | 不求人, 尻脊扒仔 | |
| Yilan | 不求人, 扒仔 | |
| Changhua (Lukang) | 抓耙仔 | |
| Taichung | 抓耙仔 | |
| Tainan | 扒癢的 | |
| Hsinchu | 扒仔 | |
| Kinmen | 抓尻脊彼枝 | |
| Penghu (Magong) | 竹桮 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 不求人 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 搔手, 勿求人 |
| Ningbo | 搔癢棒, 𢪂癢棒 | |
| Wenzhou | 不求人 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 癢抓子 |