不求人

Chinese

		not; no	to seek; to look for; to request to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (不求人)		不	求	人
Literally: “to not seek help from others”.

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùqiúrén

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋㄑㄧㄡˊㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ kau⁴ jan⁴
Min Nan (POJ): put-kiû-jîn / put-kiû-lîn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùqiúrén [Phonetic: 不qiúrén]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋㄑㄧㄡˊㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùcióurén
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-chʻiu²-jên²
  - Yale: bù-chyóu-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buchyouren
  - Palladius: буцюжэнь (bucjužɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʐən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ kau⁴ jan⁴
  - Yale: bāt kàuh yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ kau⁴ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ keo⁴ yen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ kʰɐu̯²¹ jɐn²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Sanxia, Yilan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-kiû-jîn
  - Tâi-lô: put-kiû-jîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: putkiujiin
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ kiu²³⁻³³ ʑin²³/
  - IPA (Yilan): /put̚²⁻⁵ kiu²⁴⁻³³ d͡ʑin²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-kiû-lîn
  - Tâi-lô: put-kiû-lîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: putkiuliin
  - IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ kiu²⁴⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/

不求人

Noun

不求人

bamboo or wood backscratcher

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