舉人

Chinese

		to lift; to hold up; to cite to lift; to hold up; to cite; to enumerate; to act; to raise; to choose; to elect	man; person; people
trad. (舉人)		舉	人
simp. (举人)		举	人

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jǔrén

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˇ ㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi² jan⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kú-lîn / kí-jîn / kú-jîn / kí-lîn

(Teochew, Peng'im): ge² ring⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jǔrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˇ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jyǔrén
  - Wade–Giles: chü³-jên²
  - Yale: jyǔ-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeuren
  - Palladius: цзюйжэнь (czjujžɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: geoi² jan⁴
  - Yale: géui yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: goey² jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: gêu² yen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵy̯³⁵ jɐn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kú-lîn
  - Tâi-lô: kú-lîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kwliin
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ku⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lin²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kí-jîn
  - Tâi-lô: kí-jîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kyjiin
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zin²³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kú-jîn
  - Tâi-lô: kú-jîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kwjiin
  - IPA (Taipei): /ku⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡zin²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ku⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zin²³/
- (Hokkien: Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kí-lîn
  - Tâi-lô: kí-lîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kyliin
  - IPA (Philippines): /ki⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lin²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ge² ring⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kṳ́ jîng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɯ⁵²⁻³⁵ d͡ziŋ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: kjoX nyin

Rime
Character	舉	人
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	居許切	如鄰切
Baxter	kjoX	nyin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨʌ^X/	/ȵiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/kiɔ^X/	/ȵin/
Shao Rongfen	/kiɔ^X/	/ȵʑjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɨə̆^X/	/ȵin/
Li Rong	/kiɔ^X/	/ȵiĕn/
Wang Li	/kĭo^X/	/ȵʑĭĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ki̯wo^X/	/ȵʑi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jǔ	rén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	geoi²	jan⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*C.q(r)aʔ ni[ŋ]/

(Zhengzhang): /*klaʔ njin/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	舉	人
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jǔ	rén
Middle Chinese	‹ kjo^X ›	‹ nyin ›
Old Chinese	/*C.q(r)aʔ/	/*ni[ŋ]/
English	lift, raise	(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	舉	人
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	15888	10800
Phonetic component	舁	人
Rime group	魚	眞
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	舉	仁
Old Chinese	/*klaʔ/	/*njin/
Notes	舁轉註字，說文從手與聲，漢碑隸變作此

Noun

舉人

(historical) successful candidate in the imperial examination at the provincial level
(Philippine Hokkien, dice games) a dice roll with two faces of four in a Mooncake Festival Dice Game
Synonym: 二舉 / 二举

Verb

舉人

(literary) to lift a person
(literary) to recommend a talented person

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (舉人):

→ Vietnamese: cử nhân (舉人)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
舉	人

Noun

舉人

chữ Hán form of cử nhân (“bachelor”)