使人

Chinese

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǐrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˇ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si² jan⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ́-ngìn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǐrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˇ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǐhrén
    • Wade–Giles: shih³-jên²
    • Yale: shř-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyyren
    • Palladius: шижэнь (šižɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si² jan⁴
    • Yale: sí yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si² jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi² yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː³⁵ jɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ́-ngìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii^ˋ ngin^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si³ ngin²
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨ³¹ ŋin¹¹/

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• Middle Chinese: sriX nyin

Rime
Character	使	人
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	生 (21)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	之 (19)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	踈士切	如鄰切
Baxter	sriX	nyin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃɨX/	/ȵiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃɨX/	/ȵin/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃieX/	/ȵʑjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂɨX/	/ȵin/
Li Rong	/ʃiəX/	/ȵiĕn/
Wang Li	/ʃĭəX/	/ȵʑĭĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʂiX/	/ȵʑi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shǐ	rén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si2	jan4

Etymology 1

		to make	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (使人)		使	人

Verb

使人

1. to make one; to cause people (put before a noun or adjective to create a description); to set people (to do something)

Synonyms

• 發人／发人 (fārén)
• 令人 (lìngrén)

Derived terms

• 虛心使人進步，驕傲使人落後／虚心使人进步，骄傲使人落后 (xūxīn shǐrén jìnbù, jiāo'ào shǐrén luòhòu)

 

Etymology 2

		to use; to employ	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (使人)		使	人

Noun

使人

1. (literary) servant

Synonyms

• (servant):

edit

• 傭人／佣人
• 僕人／仆人 (púrén)
• 僕役／仆役 (púyì)
• 僕隸／仆隶 (púlì) (literary)
• 太保 (tàibǎo) (literary, honorific)
• 奴僕／奴仆 (núpú)
• 奴役 (núyì) (literary)
• 家人 (jiārén) (archaic)
• 底下人 (dǐxiarén)
• 臣僕／臣仆 (chénpú) (literary)
• 蒼頭／苍头 (cŏng-tàu) (Eastern Min, dated, derogatory)

 

Pronunciation 2

		to send as an envoy abroad	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (使人)		使	人

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǐrén, shìrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˇ ㄖㄣˊ, ㄕˋ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si³ jan⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ́-ngìn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǐrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˇ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǐhrén
    • Wade–Giles: shih³-jên²
    • Yale: shř-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyyren
    • Palladius: шижэнь (šižɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland and Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhrén
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-jên²
    • Yale: shr̀-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhren
    • Palladius: шижэнь (šižɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 世人 士人 示人 使人

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si³ jan⁴
    • Yale: si yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si³ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi³ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː³³ jɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ́-ngìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii^ˋ ngin^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si³ ngin²
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨ³¹ ŋin¹¹/

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• Middle Chinese: sriH nyin

Rime
Character	使	人
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	生 (21)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	之 (19)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	踈吏切	如鄰切
Baxter	sriH	nyin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃɨH/	/ȵiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃɨH/	/ȵin/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃieH/	/ȵʑjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂɨH/	/ȵin/
Li Rong	/ʃiəH/	/ȵiĕn/
Wang Li	/ʃĭəH/	/ȵʑĭĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʂiH/	/ȵʑi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shì	rén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si3	jan4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-rəʔ-s  ni[ŋ]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*srɯs  njin/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	使	人
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shǐ	rén
Middle Chinese	‹ sriH ›	‹ nyin ›
Old Chinese	/*s-rəʔ-s/	/*ni[ŋ]/
English	envoy	(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	使	人
Reading #	2/2	1/1
No.	11491	10800
Phonetic component	史	人
Rime group	之	眞
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	𩢲	仁
Old Chinese	/*srɯs/	/*njin/

Verb

使人

1. (Classical) to send someone

Noun

使人

1. (Classical) emissary; envoy; messenger