罪人

罪人

1. guilty person; sinner; wrongdoer

   • 上天孚佑下民，罪人黜伏。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad. and simp.]

     From: The Book of Documents, circa 4^th – 3^rd century BCE

     Shàngtiān fúyòu xiàmín, zuìrén chùfú. [Pinyin]

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罪人

1. (Classical) to take the blame on others

   罪人不孥  ―  zuìrén bù nú  ―  Take no blame on the offspring (a principle of Mencius)

   • 禹、湯罪己，其興也悖焉；桀、紂罪人，其亡也忽焉。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     禹、汤罪己，其兴也悖焉；桀、纣罪人，其亡也忽焉。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: Huainanzi, 2^nd century BCE

     Yǔ, Tāng zuìjǐ, qí xìng yě bèi yān; Jié, Zhòu zuìrén, qí wáng yě hū yān. [Pinyin]

     Yu and Tang blamed themselves, and their rise was indeed contrary (to expectations); Jie and Zhou blamed others, and their fall was indeed sudden.

• (Tokyo) ざいにん [zàíníń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• (Tokyo) ざいにん [zàíníꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [d͡za̠iɲ̟ĩɴ]

罪(ざい)人(にん) • (zainin) 

1. criminal, offender, culprit
2. sinner, transgressor

• (Tokyo) つみびと [tsùmíbító] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [t͡sɨmʲibʲito̞]

罪(つみ)人(びと) • (tsumibito) 

1. sinner

罪人 • (joein) (hangeul 죄인)

1. hanja form^? of 죄인 (“criminal, convict, prisoner, culprit; sinner”)

罪人

1. chữ Hán form of tội nhân (“sinner; wrongdoer”)