老百姓

Chinese

	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	hundred surnames; the common people; the masses hundred surnames; the common people; the masses; ordinary citizens; all kinds of government officials
trad. (老百姓)	老	百姓
simp. ^#(老百姓)	老	百姓
Literally: “old hundred surnames”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎobǎixìng

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄅㄞˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ baak³ sing³
Gan (Wiktionary): lau³ bet⁶ 'xin⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ló-pak-siang
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): láu-peh-sìⁿ / láu-peeh-sèⁿ / láu-peh-sèⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǎobǎixìng [Phonetic: láobǎixìng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄅㄞˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǎobǎisìng
  - Wade–Giles: lao³-pai³-hsing⁴
  - Yale: lǎu-bǎi-syìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laobaeshinq
  - Palladius: лаобайсин (laobajsin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁵ baak³ sing³
  - Yale: lóuh baak sing
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ baak⁸ sing³
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ bag³ xing³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ paːk̚³ sɪŋ³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: lau³ bet⁶ 'xin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lau²¹³⁻¹³ pɛt̚⁵ ˈɕin³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ló-pak-siang
  - Hakka Romanization System: lo^ˋ bag^ˋ xiang
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lo³ bag⁵ xiang⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /lo³¹ pak̚² si̯aŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láu-peh-sìⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: láu-peh-sìnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: law'pehsvix
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pe(ʔ)⁵ sĩ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ sĩ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ sĩ¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láu-peeh-sèⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: láu-peeh-sènn
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pɛ(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ sɛ̃²¹/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láu-peh-sèⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: láu-peh-sènn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: law'pehsvex
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ sẽ²¹/

Noun

老百姓

the common people; the masses; ordinary citizens
禍害老百姓／祸害老百姓 ― huòhài lǎobǎixìng ― to harm the common people

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)
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)
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)
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)