# 誰

| 誰 | U+8AB0, &#35504; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8AB0 |
| ← 誯 [U+8AAF] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 誱 → [U+8AB1] |

## Translingual
### Han character

誰 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+8, 15 strokes, cangjie input 卜口人土 (YROG), four-corner 0061$_4$, composition ⿰訁隹)

#### Derived characters

* 𩀕, 𩽀, 𧀣, 䜃, 𪇻

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1165, character 11
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35686
* Dae Jaweon: page 1630, character 27
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3987, character 10
* Unihan data for U+8AB0

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 蜼 | *lus, *rulʔ, *luls |
| 堆 | *tuːl |
| 嵟 | *tuːl |
| 碓 | *tuːls |
| 推 | *tʰuːl, *tʰjul |
| 蓷 | *tʰuːl, *tʰjul |
| 陮 | *duːlʔ |
| 魋 | *duːl |
| 嶊 | *stuːlʔ |
| 崔 | *zluːl, *sʰluːl |
| 猚 | *ŋreːl, *rulʔ |
| 椎 | *dul |
| 顀 | *dul |
| 隹 | *tjul |
| 錐 | *tjul |
| 萑 | *kljul |
| 騅 | *tjul |
| 鵻 | *sɢʷinʔ, *tjul |
| 誰 | *djul |
| 脽 | *djul |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *djul): semantic 言 (“speak”) + phonetic 隹 (OC *tjul).

### Etymology 1

From *du + *-i (“suffix in independent pronouns”); cognate with 疇 (OC *du, “who”), 孰 (OC *djɯwɢ, “which one; who”) (Schuessler, 2007). In other Sino-Tibetan languages, compare Mizo tû (“who; which”), Chepang दोह् (“what”), Proto-Kuki-Chin *tuu (“who; which (relativizer)”) (Schuessler, 2007; STEDT).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): shéi, shuí (shei$^2$, shui$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄕㄟˊ, ㄕㄨㄟˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): sui$^2$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): сый (sɨy, I)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): seoi$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): sui$^3$
* Gan (Wiktionary): sui$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): sùi
    (Meixian, Guangdong): sui$^2$
* Jin (Wiktionary): sei$^1$ / sui$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): sṳ̌
* Eastern Min (BUC): sùi
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sui$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): sûi / chûi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): sui$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$zoe
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): xyei$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, vernacular)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shéi
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄟˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shéi
*** Wade–Giles: shei$^2$
*** Yale: shéi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheir
*** Palladius: шэй (šɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂeɪ̯³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, literary)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shuí
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shuéi
*** Wade–Giles: shui$^2$
*** Yale: shwéi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shwei
*** Palladius: шуй (šuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂu̯eɪ̯³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: sui$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: sui
*** Sinological IPA : /suei²¹/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: сый (sɨy, I)
*** Sinological IPA : /sei²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: seoi$^4$
*** Yale: sèuih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: soey$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sêu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɵy̯²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: sui$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /sui²²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: sui$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /sui³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sùi
*** Hakka Romanization System: sui$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: sui$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /su̯i¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: sui$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /suɪ¹¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: sei$^1$ / sui$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /sei¹¹/, /suei¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sṳ̌
*** Sinological IPA : /sy²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: sùi
*** Sinological IPA : /sui⁵³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: sui$^2$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: súi
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬui¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sûi
*** Tâi-lô: suî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: suii
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /sui²³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /sui¹³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /sui²⁴/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chûi
*** Tâi-lô: tsuî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zuii
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sui²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sui²⁴/
* sûi - literary;
* chûi - vernacular.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit誰 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ʂei³⁵/ /ʂuei³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /ʂei²⁴/ /ʂuei²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /sei⁴⁵/ /suei⁴⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /ʂuei⁴²/ /ʂei⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /ʂe⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /ʂuei⁴²/ /ʂei⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /sei²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /fɨ²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /ʂuei⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /fei⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /sei⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /suei²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /suei³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /suei²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /suei³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /ʂuəi²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /ʂue⁵⁵/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /sei¹¹/ /suei¹¹/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /suei¹³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /suei³¹/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /zø²³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /ze̞¹³/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /d͡zz̩ʷei²¹³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /zz̩³¹/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /ɕye⁴⁴/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /ɕyei¹³/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /ɕyəi¹²/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | |
| Hakka | Meixian | /sui¹¹/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /søy²¹/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /sui²¹/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /søy²¹/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /sui³⁵/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /suoi⁵³/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /sy³³/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /sui⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /ʔdiaŋ³³/ 訓讀 |
* Middle Chinese: dzywij
Rime :
| Character | 誰 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 常 (25) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (16) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 視隹切 |
| Baxter | dzywij |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /d͡ʑiuɪ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /d͡ʑʷi/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /d͡ʑjuɪ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /d͡ʑwi/ |
| Li Rong | /ʑui/ |
| Wang Li | /ʑwi/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʑwi/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | chuí |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | seoi$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]uj/
    (Zhengzhang): /*djul/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 誰 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | shuí |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ dzywij › |
| Old Chinese | /*[d]uj/ |
| English | who |
| 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 | 誰 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 17725 |
| Phonetic component | 隹 |
| Rime group | 微 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 誰 |
| Old Chinese | /*djul/ |

#### Definitions

誰
* who; whom
    他是誰？／他是谁？ ― Tā shì shéi? ― Who is he?
       Wǒmen de lǎoshī shì shéi? [Pinyin]
       Who is our teacher?
    誰來了？／谁来了？ ― Shéi lái le? ― Who has come?
       Wǒmen chídào shì shéi de guòshī? [Pinyin]
       Whose fault is it that we are late?
    他們邀請誰了？／他们邀请谁了？ ― Tāmen yāoqǐng shéi le? ― Whom did they invite?
* someone; anyone
       Shéi néng bāng wǒ jiěkāi ānquándài? [Pinyin]
       Can someone help me to undo my seat belt?
       Yǒu shéi yuànyì gēn wǒ yīqǐ qù ma? [Pinyin]
       Does anyone want to go with me?
* anyone; whoever
       Shéi xiǎng xué yīngwén, wǒ jiù jiāo tā. [Pinyin]
       I'll teach English to whoever wants to learn it.
* a surname

#### Compounds

* 乜誰 / 乜谁
* 兀誰 / 兀谁
* 捨我其誰 / 舍我其谁 (shěwǒqíshéi)
* 舍我其誰 / 舍我其谁 (shěwǒqíshéi)
* 舍我復誰 / 舍我复谁
* 莫敢誰何 / 莫敢谁何 (mògǎn-shuíhé)
* 誰人 / 谁人
* 誰何 / 谁何
* 誰們 / 谁们 (shéimen)
* 誰家 / 谁家 (shéijiā)
* 誰承望 / 谁承望
* 誰知 / 谁知
* 誰行 / 谁行
* 誰誰 / 谁谁
* 阿誰 / 阿谁
* 鹿死誰手 / 鹿死谁手

### Etymology 2

Contraction of 啥人 (siáⁿ-lâng).

#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siâng / sâng / siáng
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Lukang, Yilan, Hsinchu, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siâng
*** Tâi-lô: siâng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: siaang
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Lukang, Yilan, Singapore): /siaŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /siaŋ²³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sâng
*** Tâi-lô: sâng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: saang
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /saŋ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siáng
*** Tâi-lô: siáng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: siarng
*** IPA (Taipei): /siaŋ⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /siaŋ⁴¹/

#### Definitions

誰
* (Southern Min) who; whom

### Etymology 3

Contraction of 底人 (tī-lâng).

#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tiâng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): diang$^5$
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Kinmen, Magong, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiâng
*** Tâi-lô: tiâng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: diaang
*** IPA (Xiamen, Kinmen, Singapore): /tiaŋ²⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: diang$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tiâng
*** Sinological IPA : /tiaŋ⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

誰
* (Hokkien, including Xiamen, Kinmenese, Magong and Singapore Hokkien; Teochew; Hainanese) who; whom

### Etymology 4

Contraction of 是誰／是谁 (chī-chūi).

#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chūi
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chūi
*** Tâi-lô: tsuī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zui
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sui²²/
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sui³³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sui⁴¹/

#### Definitions

誰
* (Hokkien, chiefly Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) who; whom

### Etymology 5

From shortening of 是誰／是谁 (chī-choa̍h), from 是誰仔／是谁仔 (chī-chūi-á).

#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): choa̍h / chôa / chiâ
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choa̍h
*** Tâi-lô: tsua̍h
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zoah
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡suaʔ¹²¹/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chôa
*** Tâi-lô: tsuâ
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zoaa
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sua¹³/
** (Hokkien: Taichung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiâ
*** Tâi-lô: tsiâ
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ciaa

#### Definitions

誰
* (Hokkien, including Zhangzhou and Taichung Hokkien) who; whom

### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 誰$_1$, 疇, 孰, 誰人, 何人, 何者, 阿誰 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 誰$_1$, 誰人 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 誰$_1$ |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 誰$_1$ |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 誰$_1$ |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 誰$_1$ |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 誰$_1$, 誰們 plural |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 誰$_1$ |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 誰$_1$ |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 誰$_1$ |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 誰$_1$ |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 誰$_1$ |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Olginsky (Mikhaylovka) | 誰$_1$ |
| Jilu Mandarin | Weifang (Weicheng) | 誰$_1$ |
| Jilu Mandarin | Weifang (Fangzi) | 誰$_1$ |
| Jilu Mandarin | Changle | 誰$_1$ |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shouguang | 誰$_1$ |
| Jilu Mandarin | Wulian | 誰$_1$ |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 誰$_1$ |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 誰$_1$ |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 誰$_1$ |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Weifang (Hanting) | 誰$_1$ |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Changyi | 誰$_1$ |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Gaomi | 誰$_1$ |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 誰$_1$ |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Anqiu | 誰$_1$ |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Linqu | 誰$_1$ |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingzhou | 誰$_1$ |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 誰$_1$ |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 哪𠰻 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong (Ronghe) | 啥外 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 誰$_1$ |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 誰$_1$ |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 阿個, 阿一個, 啥人 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yanqi | 誰$_1$ |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 誰$_1$, 哪個 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 誰$_1$ |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 誰$_1$ |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 誰$_1$ |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 誰$_1$, 誰們 plural |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 誰$_1$, 誰個, 誰們 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 誰$_1$, 誰一個, 誰們 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 哪個, 啥子人 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 哪個, 啥個 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 哪個 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 哪個 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 誰$_1$, 哪個 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 哪個, 哪人 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) | 哪個 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 哪個 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 哪個 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 哪個, 哪一個 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 哪個, 哪一個, 哪個人 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 哪個, 哈個 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 哪個, 啥個 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 邊個, 乜誰, 乜人, 阿誰 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 邊個, 乜誰, 阿誰 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 邊個, 哪誰 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 阿誰 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 哪誰 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 哪誰人 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 邊個 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 邊個 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 乜誰 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 乜誰 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 乜誰 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 邊個 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 邊個 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 邊個 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 邊個 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 邊個 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 邊個 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 邊個 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 邊個, 乜誰 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 阿誰 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 邊個 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 誰, 邊個 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 阿誰 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 乜誰, 阿誰, 乜人 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 哥誰 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 唔個 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 鼠個, 乜誰 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 乜誰 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 哪人 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 邊個 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 邊個 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 邊個 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 邊個 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 邊個 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 邊個 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 邊個 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 乜誰 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 邊個 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 邊個 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 邊個 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 邊個 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 不個 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 邊個 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 乜誰 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 乜人, 乜誰 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 乜人 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 邊個 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 邊個 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 乜人 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 邊個 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 乜人, 邊人, 邊個 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 乜人 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 乜人 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 邊個, 乜人 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 乜人 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 邊個 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 邊個 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 邊個 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 乜人 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 哪個 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 哪個 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 哪仔, 哪個仔 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 麼人, 哪儕 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 哪隻 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 哪誰, 哪隻 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua) | 哪誰 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua) | 哪誰 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua) | 哪誰 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 哪隻, 哪人 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 哪人, 麼個人 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua) | 哪誰 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua) | 哪誰 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 哪誰 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 哪下 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng) | 哪下, 哪下人 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 哪下 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 哪人 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 哪儕 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 哪儕, 麼人 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 麼人, 哪儕 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 哪誰 |
| Hakka | Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua) | 哪誰 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) | 哪隻 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua) | 哪隻 |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) | 哪隻 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua) | 哪咧 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) | 哪個 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 哪個 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua) | 哪 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua) | 哪人, 哪個 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 哪儕 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 哪人 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 哪人 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 哪儕 |
| Hakka | Changting | 哪個, 哪個哩 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 哪個, 麼人 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 麼人 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 哪個, 麼人 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 台人 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 哪人, 哪個 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 斯里 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 哪人, 哪個人 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 麼人, 麼儕, 哪儕 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 麼人, 麼儕 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 麼人, 麼儕, 哪儕 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 麼人, 麼儕, 哪儕 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 麼人, 麼儕, 哪儕 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 麼儕, 哪儕 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 哪人 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 麼人 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 麼人 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 哪人 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 麼人 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 哪儕 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 麼儕 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 哪個 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 哪個 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 哪個 |
| Huizhou | Xiuning | 哪個 |
| Huizhou | Yixian | 哪個 |
| Huizhou | Qimen | 何望 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 何一個, 唆羅 |
| Huizhou | Fuliang | 誰個 |
| Huizhou | Dexing | 麼人 |
| Huizhou | Jingde | 哪個 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 誰$_1$, 誰們 usually plural |
| Jin | Pingyao | 誰$_1$, 誰家 plural, 誰家們家 plural, 誰們 plural |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 誰$_1$, 誰們 usually plural |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 誰$_1$, 誰們 plural |
| Jin | Linhe | 誰$_1$, 誰們 plural |
| Jin | Jining | 誰$_1$, 誰們 plural |
| Jin | Hohhot | 誰$_1$, 誰們 plural |
| Jin | Baotou | 誰$_1$, 誰們 plural |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 誰$_1$, 誰們 plural |
| Jin | Haibowan | 誰$_1$, 誰們 plural |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 孰人, 孰麼人 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 哪人 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 孰麼人 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 哪隻, 若隻 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 孰人 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 什麼人 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 孰人, 孰麼人 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 底儂 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 底儂 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 底儂, 什乇儂 |
| Eastern Min | Pingtan | 底儂 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 底儂 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 底儂 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 底儂 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 底儂, 儂 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 呢乇儂, 哪個 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 底儂 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 乇儂 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 底儂 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 底儂 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 誰$_2$, 誰$_3$, 誰$_4$, 是誰, 啥儂, 啥物儂, 什物儂, 底儂 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 啥儂, 誰$_2$ |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 誰$_2$, 誰$_4$, 是誰, 啥儂 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 啥儂, 誰$_2$ |
| Southern Min | Nan'an | 啥儂, 誰$_2$ |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 啥儂, 誰$_2$ |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 啥儂, 誰$_2$ |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 啥儂, 誰$_2$ |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 底儂, 誰$_3$ |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 底儂, 誰$_3$ |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 誰$_5$, 是誰, 啥儂, 哪儂, 什物儂, 佗一股, 佗一個, 佗一 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 誰$_5$ |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 誰$_5$ |
| Southern Min | Hua'an | 底股 |
| Southern Min | Nanjing | 誰$_5$ |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 誰$_5$ |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 誰$_5$ |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 誰$_5$ |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 什物儂 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 是誰, 底儂 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 啥物儂 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 啥儂 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 啥物儂 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 啥儂, 誰$_2$ |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 啥物儂, 誰$_2$ |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 誰$_5$, 啥儂 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 啥物儂 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 誰$_2$, 啥物儂 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 誰$_3$, 啥儂, 誰$_2$ |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 誰$_3$ |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 誰誰, 誰誰儂, 是誰 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 啥儂, 誰$_2$, 啥物儂, 是誰, 誰$_3$ |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 誰仔, 啥儂 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 底儂, 誰$_2$ |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 底儂, 誰$_2$ |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 誰$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Datian | 什儂, 底儂 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 乜儂 |
| Southern Min | Guilin (Biyange) | 乜儂 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 底𫢗, 𫢗 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 底𫢗, 底儂 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 底𫢗 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 底𫢗 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 𫢗, 底𫢗 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 底𫢗 |
| Southern Min | Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew) | 底𫢗 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 底𫢗 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 底𫢗 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 底𫢗 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 誰$_3$, 誰儂 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 誰$_3$ |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 誰$_3$ |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 甚儂, 方儂 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 甚儂, 底儂 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 誰儕, 何隻 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 何隻 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 啥人 |
| Central Min | Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping) | 誰人 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 底儂 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 底儂 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 哪個 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 哪個 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 什人 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 哪個 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 什人 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 什個人 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 哪個 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 哪個 |
| Shehua | Longyou | 哪個 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 哪個 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 麼人 |
| Waxiang | Luxi (Lijiatian) | 何條 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 啥人 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Xinzhuang, Minhang) | 哈人 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Fengxian) | 哈人 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jinshan) | 哈人 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Qingpu) | 哈人 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 哈人 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 啥人 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 啥人 |
| Wu | Danyang | 哪個, 點高人 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 哪個 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 啥人, 誰儂 dated |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 何乜人, 乜人, 誰人, 何人 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 哪個 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 哪個, 何至個 suburbs |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 哪個, 哪 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 哪個, 誰個 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 哪個 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 哪個 |

### See also

Question words
* 嗎／吗 (ma, “yes/no question particle”)
* 什麼／什么 (shénme, “what”)
* 怎麼／怎么 (zěnme, “how”)
* 什麼時候／什么时候 (shénme shíhou, “when”)
* 哪 (nǎ, “what, which”)
* 哪裡／哪里 (nǎlǐ), 哪兒／哪儿 (nǎr) (where)
* 呢 (ne, “reciprocal questions particle”)

### References

* “誰”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
* “誰”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
* “誰”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “谁”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 208.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: ずい (zui)
* Kan-on: すい (sui)
* Kun: だれ (dare, 誰, Jōyō)、た (ta, 誰)、たれ (tare, 誰)

#### Compounds

* 誰(すい)何(か) (suika)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 誰
* だれ Grade: S
* kun'yomi
/tare/ → /dare/
From earlier tare.
The dare form appears from around the Edo period. The voicing of the initial /t-/ to /d-/ is likely by analogy with other interrogative demonstratives 何れ (dore, “which one”), 何処 (doko, “where”). See etymology 2
Now the primary form, replacing earlier tare.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) だれ [dáꜜrè] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [da̠ɾe̞]
* Audio:(file)

#### Pronoun

誰(だれ) • (dare)
* interrogative personal pronoun: who, whom
    誰(だれ)が誰(だれ)を作(つく)ったのか
       dare ga dare o tsukutta no ka
       Who made who?
** 2016, Makoto Shinkai, director, 君の名は。 [your name.], spoken by Taki Tachibana (Ryūnosuke Kamiki), Toho:お前は…誰だ？俺は　どうしてここに来た？あいつに…あいつに会うために来た。助けるために来た。生きていてほしかった。誰だ？誰？誰に会いに来た？大事な人、忘れたくない人、忘れちゃダメな人！誰だ？誰だ？誰だ…誰だ⁉名前は⁉O-mae wa… dare da? Ore wa dōshite koko ni kita? Aitsu ni… Aitsu ni au tame ni kita. Tasukeru tame ni kita. Ikite ite hoshikatta. Dare da? Dare da? Dare ni ai ni kita? Daiji na hito, wasuretakunai hito, wasurecha dame na hito! Dare da? Dare da? Dare da… Dare da⁉ Namae wa⁉Who… are you? Why did I come here? To see her… I came to see her. I came to save her. I wanted her to live. Who was it? Who? Who did I come to see? Someone dear to me, someone I don't wanna forget, someone I must not forget! Who was it? Who was it? Who was it… Who⁉ What's your name⁉
** 2016, Makoto Shinkai, director, 君の名は。 [your name.], spoken by Mitsuha Miyamizu (Mone Kamishiraishi), Toho:誰？誰？あの人は誰？大事な人、忘れちゃダメな人、忘れたくなかった人！誰？誰？君は誰？君の名前は⁉Dare? Dare? Ano hito wa dare? Daiji na hito, wasurecha dame na hito, wasuretakunakatta hito! Dare? Dare? Kimi wa dare? Kimi no namae wa⁉Who was it? Who? Who was he? Someone I hold dear, someone I must not forget, someone I did not want to forget! Who was he? Who? Who are you? What is your name⁉
* (informal, clipping of 誰か) someone, anyone

##### Derived terms

* 誰誰(だれだれ), 誰々(だれだれ) (daredare)
* 誰(だれ)か (dare ka)
* 誰彼(だれかれ) (dare kare)
* 誰(だれ)知(し)らぬ (dare shiranu)
* 誰某(だれそれ) (dare sore)
* 誰(だれ)一人(ひとり) (dare hitori)
* 誰(だれ)も (dare mo)

##### Idioms

* 誰言(だれい)うとなく (dare iu to naku)
* 誰(だれ)とはなしに (dare to hanashi ni)
* 誰(だれ)の目(め)にも (dare no me ni mo)

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 誰
* たれ Grade: S
* kun'yomi
From Old Japanese, first attested in the Kojiki (712 CE) alongside its older form ta (see below).
Derived from older 誰 (ta, “who”) + れ (re, “thing”, demonstrative nominalizer ending). Compare the formation of これ (kore, “this”) from 此 (ko, “this”) + れ, 彼 (kare, “that one, that person”) from 彼 (ka, “that”) + れ (​re), etc.
Superseded by dare above starting from around the Edo period. The tare form does not appear to be used anymore outside of poetry or intentionally archaic text.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) たれ [táꜜrè] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [ta̠ɾe̞]

#### Pronoun

誰(たれ) • (tare)
* (archaic) interrogative personal pronoun: who, whom
* (informal, clipping of 誰か) someone, anyone

##### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:誰.

##### Derived terms

* 誰誰(たれたれ), 誰々(たれたれ) (taretare)
* 誰某(たれがし) (taregashi)
* 誰彼(たれかれ) (tare kare)
* 誰某(たれそれ) (tare sore), 誰某(たれぼう) (tarebō)
* 誰時(たれどき) (taredoki)
* 誰(たれ)の人(ひと) (tare no hito)
* 誰人(たれびと) (tarebito)
* 誰(たれ)も (tare mo)
* 誰(たれ)やし人(ひと) (tare ya shi hito)
* 誰(たれ)やの者(もの) (tare ya no mono)
* 誰(タレ)故(ユエ)草(ソウ) (tareyuesō)
* 彼(あれ)は誰(たれ)時(どき) (are wa taredoki)
* 彼(か)は誰(たれ)時(どき) (kawataredoki)
* 彼(か)は誰(たれ)星(ぼし) (kawatareboshi)

##### Idioms

* 誰(たれ)かある (tare ka aru)

##### Proverbs

* 誰(たれ)か烏(からす)の雌(し)雄(ゆう)を知(し)らん (tare ka karasu no shiyū o shiran)

##### See also

| | a-/wa- “I, we” (first person) | na-/-ma- “you, ye, thou” (second person) | k- “this” (close to speaker) | s- “that” (close to listener) | a-/ka- “that over there” (far from both) | i-/ta-/nani- “who, what, where, how, when” (interrogative) | ono- “oneself” (reflexive) |
| Person | あ (a) あれ (are) わ (wa) われ (ware) まろ (maro) | な (na) なれ (nare) なんぢ (nanji) まし (mashi) いまし (imashi) みまし (mimashi) きみ (kimi) | こ (ko) これ (kore) | そ (so) それ (sore) | あ (a) あれ (are) か (ka) かれ (kare) | た (ta) たれ (tare) なにがし (nanigashi) | おの (ono) おのれ (onore) |
| Thing | | | こ (ko) これ (kore) | そ (so) それ (sore) | あ (a) あれ (are) か (ka) かれ (kare) | いづれ (izure) なに (nani) | |
| Location | | | ここ (koko) | そこ (soko) | あしこ (ashiko) かしこ (kashiko) | いづく (izuku) いづこ (izuko) いどこ (idoko) どこ (doko) | |
| Direction | | | こち (kochi) こなた (konata) | そち (sochi) そなた (sonata) | あち (achi) あなた (anata) かなた (kanata) | いづち (izuchi) いづら (izura) いづかた (izukata) | |
| Manner | | | か (ka) かく (kaku) かくて (kakute) かう (kō) | さ (sa) さて (sate) しか (shika) | | いか (ika) | |
| Time | | | | | | いつ (itsu) | |

### Etymology 3

* Kanji in this term
* 誰
* た Grade: S
* kun'yomi
From Old Japanese, first attested in the Kojiki, completed roughly 712 CE.
Appears to be the oldest form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ta̠]

#### Pronoun

誰(た) • (ta)
* (obsolete, persists in some fossilized expressions) interrogative personal pronoun: who, whom

##### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:誰.

##### Derived terms

* 誰(た)が (ta ga)
* 誰(た)そ (ta so)
* 黄昏(たそがれ) (tasogare)
* 誰(た)哉(そや)行灯(あんどん) (tasoya andon)

##### See also

| | a-/wa- “I, we” (first person) | na-/-ma- “you, ye, thou” (second person) | k- “this” (close to speaker) | s- “that” (close to listener) | a-/ka- “that over there” (far from both) | i-/ta-/nani- “who, what, where, how, when” (interrogative) | ono- “oneself” (reflexive) |
| Person | あ (a) あれ (are) わ (wa) われ (ware) まろ (maro) | な (na) なれ (nare) なんぢ (nanji) まし (mashi) いまし (imashi) みまし (mimashi) きみ (kimi) | こ (ko) これ (kore) | そ (so) それ (sore) | あ (a) あれ (are) か (ka) かれ (kare) | た (ta) たれ (tare) なにがし (nanigashi) | おの (ono) おのれ (onore) |
| Thing | | | こ (ko) これ (kore) | そ (so) それ (sore) | あ (a) あれ (are) か (ka) かれ (kare) | いづれ (izure) なに (nani) | |
| Location | | | ここ (koko) | そこ (soko) | あしこ (ashiko) かしこ (kashiko) | いづく (izuku) いづこ (izuko) いどこ (idoko) どこ (doko) | |
| Direction | | | こち (kochi) こなた (konata) | そち (sochi) そなた (sonata) | あち (achi) あなた (anata) かなた (kanata) | いづち (izuchi) いづら (izura) いづかた (izukata) | |
| Manner | | | か (ka) かく (kaku) かくて (kakute) かう (kō) | さ (sa) さて (sate) しか (shika) | | いか (ika) | |
| Time | | | | | | いつ (itsu) | |

### See also

* 何方(どなた) (donata, “who”, honorific)
* 何(ど)れ (dore), 何(いず)れ (izure, “which”)

### References

* 1 2 .Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* 1 2 3 4 5 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* 1 2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

誰 • (su) (hangeul 수)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

誰: Hán Nôm readings: thùy/thuỳ
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