# 眾人
## Chinese
### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhòngrén
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄖㄣˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zung$^3$ jan$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chung-ngìn
* Eastern Min (BUC): cé̤ṳng-nè̤ng / cé̤ṳng-ìng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chèng-lâng / chiòng-jîn / chiòng-lîn
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zêng$^3$ nang$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhòngrén
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄖㄣˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhòngrén
*** Wade–Giles: chung$^4$-jên$^2$
*** Yale: jùng-rén
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jonqren
*** Palladius: чжунжэнь (čžunžɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zung$^3$ jan$^4$
*** Yale: jung yàhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzung$^3$ jan$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zung$^3$ yen$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʊŋ³³ jɐn²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chung-ngìn
*** Hakka Romanization System: zung ngin$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zung$^4$ ngin$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡suŋ⁵⁵ ŋin¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: cé̤ṳng-nè̤ng / cé̤ṳng-ìng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡syŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ nˡøyŋ⁵³/, /t͡syŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ $^{(Ø-)}$ŋiŋ⁵³/
* cé̤ṳng-nè̤ng - vernacular;
* cé̤ṳng-ìng - literary.
* Middle Chinese: tsyuwngH nyin
Rime :
| Character | 眾 | 人 |
| Reading # | 2/2 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 章 (23) | 日 (38) |
| Final (韻) | 東 (2) | 眞 (43) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 之仲切 | 如鄰切 |
| Baxter | tsyuwngH | nyin |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ɕɨuŋ$^H$/ | /ȵiɪn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡ɕiuŋ$^H$/ | /ȵin/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ɕiuŋ$^H$/ | /ȵʑjen/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /cuwŋ$^H$/ | /ȵin/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ɕiuŋ$^H$/ | /ȵiĕn/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ɕĭuŋ$^H$/ | /ȵʑĭĕn/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /t͡ɕi̯uŋ$^H$/ | /ȵʑi̯ĕn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhòng | rén |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zung$^3$ | jan$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*tuŋ-s ni[ŋ]/
    (Zhengzhang): /*tjuŋs njin/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 眾 | 人 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | zhòng | rén |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ tsyuwng$^H$ › | ‹ nyin › |
| Old Chinese | /*tuŋ-s/ | /*ni[ŋ]/ |
| English | numerous | (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 | 眾 | 人 |
| Reading # | 2/2 | 1/1 |
| No. | 17491 | 10800 |
| Phonetic component | 衆 | 人 |
| Rime group | 終 | 眞 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 衆 | 仁 |
| Old Chinese | /*tjuŋs/ | /*njin/ |
| Notes | 甲文象日下三人， 金文或改目下， 表衆人在監督下勞作 | |

#### Noun

眾人
* everybody; everyone
    眾人的眼光／众人的眼光 ― zhòngrén de yǎnguāng ― all eyes; public gaze
    From: The Verses of Chu, 4th century BCE – 2nd century CE
    Jǔshì jiē zhuó wǒ dú qīng, zhòngrén jiē zuì wǒ dú xǐng. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* (Classical) normal people; ordinary people; commoner
    From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE
    Jūnzǐ zhī suǒ wèi, zhòngrén gù bù shí yě. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* (Classical, historical) serf (in the Shang and Zhou dynasties)
    From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Mìng wǒ zhòngrén, zhì nǎi qiánbó. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

##### Synonyms

* (everybody):
* 一體／一体 (yītǐ)
* 人人 (rénrén)
* 儕儕／侪侪 (Hakka)
* 各人 (gèrén)
* 大夥／大伙 (dàhuǒ) (colloquial)
* 大家
* 大家夥／大家伙 (dàjiāhuǒ) (colloquial)
* 所有人 (suǒyǒurén)
* 所有的人 (suǒyǒu de rén)
* 每人 (měirén)
* 每儕／每侪 (Hakka)
* 逐人 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 逐個／逐个 (Hokkien)
* 逐儕／逐侪 (Hakka)
* 逐股 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* (normal people):
* 一般人 (yībānrén)
* 世人 (shìrén)
* 世間人／世间人 (Hokkien)
* 人士 (rénshì) (literary)
* 人民 (rénmín)
* 人群 (rénqún)
* 人萌 (rénméng) (literary)
* 俗人 (súrén)
* 俗子 (súzǐ) (literary)
* 𫣆人 (Hakka)
* 兆民 (zhàomín) (archaic)
* 公眾／公众 (gōngzhòng)
* 凡人 (fánrén)
* 凡夫 (fánfū) (literary)
* 匹夫 (pǐfū) (literary)
* 四眾人／四众人 (si$^3$ zing$^3$ nang$^5$) (Teochew)
* 士人 (shìrén) (archaic)
* 大眾／大众 (dàzhòng)
* 子民 (zǐmín) (historical)
* 家人 (jiārén) (archaic)
* 布衣 (bùyī) (historical)
* 常人 (chángrén)
* 平人 (píngrén) (literary)
* 平常人 (píngchángrén)
* 平民 (píngmín)
* 庶人 (shùrén) (literary)
* 庶民 (shùmín) (literary)
* 斯人 (sīrén) (Classical Chinese)
* 普通人 (pǔtōngrén)
* 民人 (mínrén) (literary)
* 民眾／民众 (mínzhòng)
* 烝民 (zhēngmín) (literary)
* 烝黎 (zhēnglí) (Classical Chinese)
* 白衣 (báiyī) (historical)
* 白衣人 (báiyīrén) (historical)
* 白身 (báishēn) (archaic)
* 白身人 (báishēnrén) (archaic)
* 百姓
* 萬姓／万姓 (wànxìng) (archaic)
* 群眾／群众 (qúnzhòng)
* 老百姓 (lǎobǎixìng)
* 良人 (liángrén) (literary)
* 草民 (cǎomín) (the worthless ordinary people)
* 草菅 (cǎojiān) (Classical Chinese, figurative)
* 草野 (cǎoyě) (literary, figurative)
* 萌 (literary)
* 野人 (yěrén) (archaic)
* 黎庶 (líshù) (literary)
* 黎民 (límín) (literary)
* 黎首 (líshǒu) (archaic)
* 黔首 (qiánshǒu) (archaic)
* 黔黎 (archaic)

##### Derived terms

* 一人不敵眾人智／一人不敌众人智
* 牆倒眾人推／墙倒众人推 (qiáng dǎo zhòngrén tuī)
* 眾人代／众人代
* 眾人國士／众人国士
* 眾人廣坐／众人广坐
* 眾人拾柴火焰高／众人拾柴火焰高
* 眾人知／众人知

##### Descendants

* → Japanese: 衆(しゅう)人(じん) (shūjin)
* → Korean: 중인(眾人) (jung'in)

### Pronunciation 2

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chèng-lâng / chiòng-lâng
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chèng-lâng
*** Tâi-lô: tsìng-lâng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zeanglaang
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ laŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ laŋ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiòng-lâng
*** Tâi-lô: tsiòng-lâng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ciornglaang
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ laŋ¹³/

#### Adverb

眾人
* (Southern Min) in public

##### Synonyms

* 當眾／当众 (dāngzhòng)
* (Hokkien) 當眾人面／当众人面