賤民

Chinese

		inexpensive; lowly	the people; nationality; citizen
trad. (賤民)		賤	民
simp. (贱民)		贱	民

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiànmín

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄇㄧㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zin⁶ man⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiànmín
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄇㄧㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiànmín
  - Wade–Giles: chien⁴-min²
  - Yale: jyàn-mín
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiannmin
  - Palladius: цзяньминь (czjanʹminʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ min³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zin⁶ man⁴
  - Yale: jihn màhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzin⁶ man⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: jin⁶ men⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːn²² mɐn²¹/

Noun

賤民

(historical) person of the lowest social status; outcast; pariah
Dalit (a member of the lowest caste in the traditional Indian caste system)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
賤	民
せん Hyōgai	みん Grade: 4
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
賎民

Noun

賤(せん)民(みん) • (senmin)

plebeian
貴(き)族(ぞく)あれば賤民(せんみん)あり。
Kizoku are ba senmin ari.
Nobles exist, also plebeians exist.
discriminated plebeian, such as Dalit

Synonyms

(plebeian): 平民(へいみん) (heimin)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “plebeian”): 貴(き)族(ぞく) (kizoku, “noble”)

Related terms

(discriminated plebeian): 穢多(えた) (eta), 非(ひ)人(にん) (hinin)

Korean

Hanja in this term
賤	民

Noun

賤民 • (cheonmin) (hangeul 천민)

hanja form^? of 천민 (“person of the lowest social status; riffraff”)