人微言輕

Chinese

		man; person; people	tiny; minute; clandestine tiny; minute; clandestine; hide; elegant; exquisite	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word	light; easy; gentle light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral
trad. (人微言輕)		人	微	言	輕
simp. (人微言轻)		人	微	言	轻

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rénwēiyánqīng, rénwéiyánqīng

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄨㄟㄧㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄥ, ㄖㄣˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄥ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rénwēiyánqīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄨㄟㄧㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rénweiyáncing
  - Wade–Giles: jên²-wei¹-yen²-chʻing¹
  - Yale: rén-wēi-yán-chīng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renueiyanching
  - Palladius: жэньвэйяньцин (žɛnʹvɛjjanʹcin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ weɪ̯⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rénwéiyánqīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rénwéiyáncing
  - Wade–Giles: jên²-wei²-yen²-chʻing¹
  - Yale: rén-wéi-yán-chīng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renweiyanching
  - Palladius: жэньвэйяньцин (žɛnʹvɛjjanʹcin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ jɛn³⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: nyin mj+j ngjon khjieng

Rime
Character	人	微	言	輕
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	日 (38)	明 (4)	疑 (31)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)	微 (21)	元 (65)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III	III
Fanqie	如鄰切	無非切	語軒切	去盈切
Baxter	nyin	mj+j	ngjon	khjieng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiɪn/	/mʉi/	/ŋɨɐn/	/kʰiᴇŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵin/	/mʷɨi/	/ŋiɐn/	/kʰiɛŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑjen/	/miuəi/	/ŋiɐn/	/kʰiæŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵin/	/muj/	/ŋɨan/	/kʰiajŋ/
Li Rong	/ȵiĕn/	/miuəi/	/ŋiɐn/	/kʰiɛŋ/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭĕn/	/mĭwəi/	/ŋĭɐn/	/kʰĭɛŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯ĕn/	/mwe̯i/	/ŋɨ̯ɐn/	/kʰi̯ɛŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	rén	wéi	yán	qīng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jan⁴	mei⁴	jin⁴	hing¹

Idiom

人微言輕

the words of the lowly carry little weight

Synonyms

身輕言微／身轻言微 (shēnqīngyánwēi)