無人

See also: 无人

Chinese

not have man; person; people
trad. (無人)
simp. (无人)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (4) (38)
Final () (24) (43)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mɨo/ /ȵiɪn/
Pan
Wuyun
/mio/ /ȵin/
Shao
Rongfen
/mio/ /ȵʑjen/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/muə̆/ /ȵin/
Li
Rong
/mio/ /ȵiĕn/
Wang
Li
/mĭu/ /ȵʑĭĕn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/mi̯u/ /ȵʑi̯ĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
rén
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
mou4 jan4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/3 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
rén
Middle
Chinese
‹ mju › ‹ nyin ›
Old
Chinese
/*ma/ /*ni[ŋ]/
English not have (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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 13117 10800
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ma/ /*njin/

Adjective

無人

  1. (attributive) devoid of people
  2. (attributive) depopulated
  3. (attributive) unmanned; self-service

Verb

無人

  1. (literary) there is nobody; to lack someone; to be vacant
  2. (literary) there is a lack of talent

Antonyms

  • (to be vacant): 有人 (yǒurén)

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (無人):

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
にん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Adjective

()(にん) (bunin) -na, adnominal ()(にん) (bunin na), adverbial ()(にん) (bunin ni)

  1. shorthanded, lack of help
    • 1920-1935, Shūsei Tokuda, 闇の花 (p. 134, in 徳田秋聲全集):
      「この(なつ)はどこへもいらつしやらなかつたんですか。」「え、(うち)無人(ぶにん)なものですから。」
      “Kono natsu wa doko e mo irassharanakatta n desu ka.” “E, uchi ga bunin na mono desu kara.”
      Didn't you travel anywhere this summer? No, since our household is shorthanded.
  2. uninhabited, unmanned
Inflection
Derived terms

Noun

()(にん) (bunin) 

  1. being shorthanded
  2. being uninhabited

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
じん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Adjective

()(じん) (mujin) -na, adnominal ()(じん) (mujin na), adverbial ()(じん) (mujin ni)

  1. Same as above.
Inflection
Derived terms

Noun

()(じん) (mujin) 

  1. Same as above.

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
にん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Adjective

()(にん) (munin) -na, adnominal ()(にん) (munin na), adverbial ()(にん) (munin ni)

  1. Same as above.
Inflection

Noun

()(にん) (munin) 

  1. Same as above.
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