予一人

Chinese

		to give; I	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (予一人)		予	一	人
alternative forms		余一人

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yúyīrén

(Zhuyin): ㄩˊ ㄧㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ jat¹ jan⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yúyīrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˊ ㄧㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yúyirén
  - Wade–Giles: yü²-i¹-jên²
  - Yale: yú-yī-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuiren
  - Palladius: юйижэнь (jujižɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵ i⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyu⁴ jat¹ jan⁴
  - Yale: yùh yāt yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ jat⁷ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ yed¹ yen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ jɐt̚⁵ jɐn²¹/

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*laʔ ʔi[t] ni[ŋ]/

(Zhengzhang): /*la qliɡ njin/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	予	一	人
Reading #	1/2	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yú	yī	rén
Middle Chinese	‹ yo ›	‹ ʔjit ›	‹ nyin ›
Old Chinese	/*laʔ/	/*ʔi[t]/	/*ni[ŋ]/
English	I, we	one	(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	予	一	人
Reading #	1/2	1/1	1/1
No.	15738	14833	10800
Phonetic component	予	一	人
Rime group	魚	質	眞
Rime subdivision	0	2	1
Corresponding MC rime	余	一	仁
Old Chinese	/*la/	/*qliɡ/	/*njin/

Pronoun

予一人

(pre-Qin Classical Chinese) I; "I, the one man" (reserved for use by the Son of Heaven)
- 爾尚輔予一人，致天之罰，予其大賚汝！ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  尔尚辅予一人，致天之罚，予其大赉汝！ [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Book of Documents, circa 4^th – 3^rd century BCE
  Ěr shàng fǔ yúyīrén, zhì tiān zhī fá, yú qí dà lài rǔ! [Pinyin]
  You have to assist me, the One man, to carry out the punishment appointed by Heaven. I will greatly reward you!
- 百姓有過，在予一人。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  百姓有过，在予一人。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Bǎixìng yǒu guò, zài yúyīrén. [Pinyin]
  Whenever the people make mistakes, they can all be blamed on me, the One man.
- 成王曰：「余一人與虞戲也。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  成王曰：“余一人与虞戏也。” [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Lü Buwei, Master Lü's Spring and Autumn Annals, 239 BCE
  Chéngwáng yuē: “Yúyīrén yǔ Yú xì yě.” [Pinyin]
  "One was jesting with Yu," said King Cheng.

Synonyms

寡人 (guǎrén)
孤 (gū)
不穀／不谷 (bùgǔ)

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