# 匹夫
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): pǐfū
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˇ ㄈㄨ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): pat$^1$ fu$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phit-hu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: pǐfū
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˇ ㄈㄨ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: pǐfu
*** Wade–Giles: pʻi$^3$-fu$^1$
*** Yale: pǐ-fū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: piifu
*** Palladius: пифу (pifu)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: pat$^1$ fu$^1$
*** Yale: pāt fū
*** Cantonese Pinyin: pat$^7$ fu$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ped$^1$ fu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰɐt̚⁵ fuː⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phit-hu
*** Tâi-lô: phit-hu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: phithw
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰit̚⁵⁻²⁴ hu³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰit̚³²⁻⁵ hu⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /pʰit̚³²⁻⁴ hu⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: phjit pju
Rime :
| Character | 匹 | 夫 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 滂 (2) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 質 (48) | 虞 (24) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 譬吉切 | 甫無切 |
| Baxter | phjit | pju |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pʰiɪt̚/ | /pɨo/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pʰit̚/ | /pio/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pʰjet̚/ | /pio/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pʰit̚/ | /puə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /pʰiĕt̚/ | /pio/ |
| Wang Li | /pʰĭĕt̚/ | /pĭu/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /pʰi̯ĕt̚/ | /pi̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | pi | fū |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | pat$^1$ | fu$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*pʰi[t] p(r)a/
    (Zhengzhang): /*pʰid pa/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 匹 | 夫 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/3 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | pǐ | fū |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ phjit › | ‹ pju › |
| Old Chinese | /*pʰi[t]/ | /*p(r)a/ |
| English | one of a pair | man |
| 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 | 匹 | 夫 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 |
| No. | 9737 | 3274 |
| Phonetic component | 匹 | 夫 |
| Rime group | 質 | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 匹 | 跗 |
| Old Chinese | /*pʰid/ | /*pa/ |

### Noun

匹夫
* (literary) ordinary man
* (literary) the common people; the masses; ordinary citizens
* (literary) ordinary person; unexceptional individual
* (literary) autocrat
* (literary, derogatory) ignorant person

#### Synonyms

* (common 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)
* 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
* 眾人／众人 (zhòngrén) (literary)
* 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

* 匹夫之勇 (pǐfūzhīyǒng)
* 天下興亡，匹夫有責／天下兴亡，匹夫有责 (tiānxià xīngwáng, pǐfū yǒuzé)