與人為善

Chinese

		and; to give; together with and; to give; together with; take part in; (interrog. part.)	man; person; people	to do good; to do good deeds
trad. (與人為善/與人爲善)		與	人	為善/爲善
simp. (与人为善)		与	人	为善

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǔrénwéishàn

(Zhuyin): ㄩˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄕㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁵ jan⁴ wai⁴ sin⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǔrénwéishàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄕㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǔrénwéishàn
  - Wade–Giles: yü³-jên²-wei²-shan⁴
  - Yale: yǔ-rén-wéi-shàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeurenweishann
  - Palladius: юйжэньвэйшань (jujžɛnʹvɛjšanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ ʂän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyu⁵ jan⁴ wai⁴ sin⁶
  - Yale: yúh yàhn wàih sihn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁵ jan⁴ wai⁴ sin⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yu⁵ yen⁴ wei⁴ xin⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː¹³ jɐn²¹ wɐi̯²¹ siːn²²/

Middle Chinese: yoX nyin hjwe dzyenX

Rime
Character	與	人	為	善
Reading #	2/3	1/1	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	日 (38)	云 (35)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)	眞 (43)	支 (14)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III	III
Fanqie	余吕切	如鄰切	薳支切	常演切
Baxter	yoX	nyin	hjwe	dzyenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨʌ^X/	/ȵiɪn/	/ɦˠiuᴇ/	/d͡ʑiᴇn^X/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɔ^X/	/ȵin/	/ɦʷᵚiɛ/	/d͡ʑiɛn^X/
Shao Rongfen	/iɔ^X/	/ȵʑjen/	/ɣiuɛ/	/d͡ʑjæn^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jɨə̆^X/	/ȵin/	/ɦjwiə̆/	/d͡ʑian^X/
Li Rong	/iɔ^X/	/ȵiĕn/	/ɣjue/	/ʑiɛn^X/
Wang Li	/jĭo^X/	/ȵʑĭĕn/	/ɣǐwe/	/ʑĭɛn^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯wo^X/	/ȵʑi̯ĕn/	/wie̯/	/ʑi̯ɛn^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǔ	rén	wéi	shàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyu⁵	jan⁴	wai⁴	sin⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*m-q(r)aʔ ni[ŋ] ɢʷ(r)aj [ɡ]e[n]ʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*laʔ njin ɢʷal ɡjenʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	與	人	為	善
Reading #	1/2	1/1	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yǔ	rén	wéi	shàn
Middle Chinese	‹ yo^X ›	‹ nyin ›	‹ hjwe ›	‹ dzyen^X ›
Old Chinese	/*m-q(r)aʔ/	/*ni[ŋ]/	/*ɢʷ(r)aj/	/*[ɡ]e[n]ʔ/
English	give; for; and	(other) person	make, do, act as	good
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	與	人	為	善
Reading #	2/3	1/1	1/2	1/1
No.	15901	10800		11084
Phonetic component	舁	人	爲	善
Rime group	魚	眞	歌	元
Rime subdivision	0	1	1	2
Corresponding MC rime		仁	爲	善
Old Chinese	/*laʔ/	/*njin/	/*ɢʷal/	/*ɡjenʔ/
Notes	舁分化字		俗爲字

Idiom

與人為善

(literary) to do good with others; to help people practise virtue
to be kind to others; to do good to others