庶民

Chinese

		ordinary	the people; nationality; citizen
simp. and trad. (庶民)		庶	民

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shùmín

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): syu³ man⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): su-mìn

(Hailu, HRS): shu^ˇ min
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sy⁴ ming²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sù-bîn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shùmín
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shùmín
  - Wade–Giles: shu⁴-min²
  - Yale: shù-mín
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuhmin
  - Palladius: шуминь (šuminʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵¹ min³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: syu³ man⁴
  - Yale: syu màhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sy³ man⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xu³ men⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /syː³³ mɐn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: su-mìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: su min^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: su⁴ min²
  - Sinological IPA: /su⁵⁵ min¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: shu^ˇ min
  - Sinological IPA: /ʃu¹¹ min⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: sy⁴ ming²
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sṳ̍-míng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬy⁴² miŋ¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: sy⁴ ming² [Phonetic: sy¹ ming²]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬy⁴²⁻⁵⁵ miŋ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sù-bîn
  - Tâi-lô: sù-bîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suo'biin
  - IPA (Xiamen): /su²¹⁻⁵³ bin²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /su⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bin²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /su²¹⁻⁵³ bin¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /su¹¹⁻⁵³ bin²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /su²¹⁻⁴¹ bin²³/

Middle Chinese: syoH mjin

Rime
Character	庶	民
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	商署切	彌鄰切
Baxter	syoH	mjin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕɨʌ^H/	/miɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɔ^H/	/min/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕiɔ^H/	/mjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕɨə̆^H/	/min/
Li Rong	/ɕiɔ^H/	/miĕn/
Wang Li	/ɕĭo^H/	/mĭĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɕi̯wo^H/	/mi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shù	mín
Expected Cantonese Reflex	syu³	man⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*s-tak-s mi[ŋ]/

(Zhengzhang): /*hljaɡs min/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	庶	民
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shù	mín
Middle Chinese	‹ syo^H ›	‹ mjin ›
Old Chinese	/*s-tak-s/	/*mi[ŋ]/
English	numerous; commoner	people
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	庶	民
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	11905	9130
Phonetic component	庶	民
Rime group	暮	眞
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	恕	民
Old Chinese	/*hljaɡs/	/*min/
Notes	甲金文火上爲石，石亦聲，本炙初文

Noun

庶民

(literary) commoners; ordinary citizens; plebeians
天子犯法，與庶民同罪 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
天子犯法，与庶民同罪 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
tiānzǐ fànfǎ, yǔ shùmín tóng zuì [Pinyin]
When the emperor commits crimes, he is equally guilty like commoners

Synonyms

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)
子民 (zǐmín) (historical)
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)
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)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
庶	民
しょ Grade: S	みん Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しょみん [shóꜜmìǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕo̞mʲĩɴ]

Noun

庶(しょ)民(みん) • (shomin)

commoners, common people

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN