子民

Chinese

		child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight	the people; nationality; citizen
simp. and trad. (子民)		子	民

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zǐmín

(Zhuyin): ㄗˇ ㄇㄧㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² man⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chṳ́-mìn

(Hailu, HRS): zii^ˊ min
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zo³ ming²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chú-bîn / chír-bîn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zǐmín
  - Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄇㄧㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zǐhmín
  - Wade–Giles: tzŭ³-min²
  - Yale: dž-mín
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyymin
  - Palladius: цзыминь (czyminʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ min³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zi² man⁴
  - Yale: jí màhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² man⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji² men⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ mɐn²¹/
  - Homophones:
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    子民
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Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ́-mìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: zii^ˋ min^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zi³ min²
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ³¹ min¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: zii^ˊ min
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ²⁴⁻³³ min⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zo³ ming² [Phonetic: zo² ming²]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ceô-míng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡so⁴⁵³⁻¹³ miŋ¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zo³ ming² [Phonetic: zo¹ ming²]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡so³³²⁻⁵⁵ miŋ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú-bîn
  - Tâi-lô: tsú-bîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zw'biin
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bin²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bin²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bin¹³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chír-bîn
  - Tâi-lô: tsír-bîn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bin²⁴/

Middle Chinese: tsiX mjin

Rime
Character	子	民
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	之 (19)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	即里切	彌鄰切
Baxter	tsiX	mjin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sɨ^X/	/miɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sɨ^X/	/min/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sie^X/	/mjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sɨ^X/	/min/
Li Rong	/t͡siə^X/	/miĕn/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭə^X/	/mĭĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡si^X/	/mi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zǐ	mín
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi²	man⁴

Noun

子民

(historical) the people
subject (a citizen in a monarchy)

Synonyms

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一般人 (yībānrén)
世人 (shìrén)
世間人 / 世间人 (Hokkien)
人士 (rénshì) (literary)
人民 (rénmín)
人群 (rénqún)
人萌 (rénméng) (literary)
俗人 (súrén)
俗子 (súzǐ) (literary)
𫣆人 (Hakka)
兆民 (zhàomín) (archaic)
公眾 / 公众 (gōngzhòng)
凡人 (fánrén)
凡夫 (fánfū) (literary)
匹夫 (pǐfū) (literary)
四眾人 / 四众人 (si³ zing³ nang⁵) (Teochew)
士人 (shìrén) (archaic)
大眾 / 大众 (dàzhòng)
家人 (jiārén) (archaic)
布衣 (bùyī) (historical)
常人 (chángrén)
平人 (píngrén) (literary)
平常人 (píngchángrén)
平民 (píngmín)
庶人 (shùrén) (literary)
庶民 (shùmín) (literary)
斯人 (sīrén) (Classical Chinese)
普通人 (pǔtōngrén)
民人 (mínrén) (literary)
民眾 / 民众 (mínzhòng)
烝民 (zhēngmín) (literary)
烝黎 (zhēnglí) (Classical Chinese)
白衣 (báiyī) (historical)
白衣人 (báiyīrén) (historical)
白身 (báishēn) (archaic)
白身人 (báishēnrén) (archaic)
百姓
眾人 / 众人 (zhòngrén) (literary)
萬姓 / 万姓 (wànxìng) (archaic)
群眾 / 群众 (qúnzhòng)
老百姓 (lǎobǎixìng)
良人 (liángrén) (literary)
草民 (cǎomín) (the worthless ordinary people)
草菅 (cǎojiān) (Classical Chinese, figurative)
草野 (cǎoyě) (literary, figurative)
萌 (literary)
野人 (yěrén) (archaic)
黎庶 (líshù) (literary)
黎民 (límín) (literary)
黎首 (líshǒu) (archaic)
黔首 (qiánshǒu) (archaic)
黔黎 (archaic)