愚人

Chinese

		stupid	man; person; people
trad. (愚人)		愚	人
simp. ^#(愚人)		愚	人

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yúrén

(Zhuyin): ㄩˊ ㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ jan⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yúrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˊ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yúrén
  - Wade–Giles: yü²-jên²
  - Yale: yú-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuren
  - Palladius: юйжэнь (jujžɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵ ʐən³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    愚人
    漁人 / 渔人
    餘人 / 余人
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jyu⁴ jan⁴
  - Yale: yùh yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ yen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ jɐn²¹/
  - Homophones:
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    愚人
    漁人 / 渔人

Middle Chinese: ngju nyin

Rime
Character	愚	人
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	虞俱切	如鄰切
Baxter	ngju	nyin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɨo/	/ȵiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋio/	/ȵin/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋio/	/ȵʑjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋuə̆/	/ȵin/
Li Rong	/ŋio/	/ȵiĕn/
Wang Li	/ŋĭu/	/ȵʑĭĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋi̯u/	/ȵʑi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yú	rén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyu⁴	jan⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ŋo 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	愚	人
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	15919	10800
Phonetic component	禺	人
Rime group	侯	眞
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime		仁
Old Chinese	/*ŋo/	/*njin/

Noun

愚人

(literary) stupid person; fool; simpleton
- 尤二姐滴淚說道：「你們拿我作愚人待，什么事我不知。」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  尤二姐滴泪说道：「你们拿我作愚人待，什么事我不知。」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18^th century CE
  Yóu Èrjiě dīlèi shuōdào: “Nǐmen ná wǒ zuò yúrén dài, shénme shì wǒ bù zhī.” [Pinyin]
  Second Sister You said with tears dripping, “You treat me like a fool. Whatever it is, I do not know.”
- 鴻雁于飛，哀鳴嗷嗷。維此哲人，謂我劬勞。維彼愚人，謂我宣驕。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
  鸿雁于飞，哀鸣嗷嗷。维此哲人，谓我劬劳。维彼愚人，谓我宣骄。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Hóngyàn yú fēi, āimíng áo'áo. Wéi cǐ zhérén, wèi wǒ qúláo. Wéi bǐ yúrén, wèi wǒ xuānjiāo. [Pinyin]
  The wild geese are flying about,
  And melancholy is their cry of ao-ao.
  There were they, wise men,
  who recognized our pain and toil;
  If they had been stupid men,
  They would have said we were proclaiming our insolence.
(tarot) the Fool

Synonyms

人頭豬腦 / 人头猪脑 (réntóuzhūnǎo) (chiefly Cantonese)
低能兒 / 低能儿 (dīnéng'ér)
侗戇 / 侗戆 (Hokkien)
傻子 (shǎzi)
傻瓜 (shǎguā)
北七 (běiqī) (Taiwanese Mandarin, slang)
呆大 (Wu)
呆子 (dāizi)
呆瓜 (dāiguā)
哈卵 (ha³ lonn³) (Xiang, Southwestern Mandarin, vulgar)
哚哥 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
喥頭 / 喥头 (Wu)
壋將 / 垱将 (Hokkien)
大戇呆 / 大戆呆 (Hokkien)
大戇牯 / 大戆牯 (Hakka)
大番薯 (Hakka)
戇人 / 戆人 (Hakka, Hokkien, Wu)
戇卵 / 戆卵 (Northern Wu, vulgar)
戇呆 / 戆呆 (Hokkien)
戇囝 / 戆囝 (Hokkien, Teochew)
戇大 / 戆大 (Wu)
戇大呆 / 戆大呆 (Hokkien)
戇大豬 / 戆大猪 (Hokkien)
戇猴 / 戆猴 (Hokkien)
戇鳩 / 戆鸠 (ngong⁶ gau¹) (Cantonese)
木大 (Wu)
痴子 (chīzi) (regional)
白痴 (báichī)
笨人 (bènrén)
笨蛋 (bèndàn)
笨貨 / 笨货 (bènhuò)
老襯 / 老衬 (lou⁵ can³) (Cantonese)
蠢人 (chǔnrén)
蠢材 (chǔncái)
蠢蛋
豆渣腦殼 / 豆渣脑壳 (dou⁴ za¹ nao³ ko²) (Sichuanese)
錘哥 / 锤哥 (Hokkien)
闇雞 / 𬮴鸡 (Hokkien)
鵝牯 / 鹅牯 (Hakka)

Derived terms

愚人節 / 愚人节 (Yúrénjié)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
愚	人
ぐ Grade: S	じん Grade: 1
on'yomi	kan'on

Kanji in this term
愚	人
ぐ Grade: S	にん Grade: 1
on'yomi	goon

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぐじん [gùjíń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
(Tokyo) ぐじん [gúꜜjìǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɡɯ̟ʑĩɴ]

(Tokyo) ぐにん [gùníń] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɡɯ̟ɲ̟ĩɴ]

Noun

愚(ぐ)人(じん) or 愚(ぐ)人(にん) • (gujin or gunin)

idiot
Synonyms: 愚か者 (orokamono), 愚者 (gusha)

Idioms

愚(ぐ)人(にん)は夏(なつ)の虫(むし) (gunin wa natsu no mushi)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
愚	人

Noun

愚人 • (u'in) (hangeul 우인)

hanja form^? of 우인 (“idiot”)