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)
逐個人 / 逐个人 (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.)