# 庶民
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shùmín
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄣˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): syu$^3$ man$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sù-bîn
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shùmín
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄣˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shùmín
*** Wade–Giles: shu$^4$-min$^2$
*** Yale: shù-mín
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuhmin
*** Palladius: шуминь (šuminʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂu⁵¹ min³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: syu$^3$ man$^4$
*** Yale: syu màhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sy$^3$ man$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xu$^3$ men$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /syː³³ mɐn²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sù-bîn
*** Tâi-lô: sù-bîn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: suo'biin
*** IPA (Xiamen): /su²¹⁻⁵³ bin²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /su⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bin²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /su²¹⁻⁵³ bin¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /su¹¹⁻⁵³ bin²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /su²¹⁻⁴¹ bin²³/
* Middle Chinese: syoH mjin
Rime :
| Character | 庶 | 民 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 書 (26) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 魚 (22) | 眞 (43) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 商署切 | 彌鄰切 |
| Baxter | syoH | mjin |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɕɨʌ$^H$/ | /miɪn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɕiɔ$^H$/ | /min/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɕiɔ$^H$/ | /mjen/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɕɨə̆$^H$/ | /min/ |
| Li Rong | /ɕiɔ$^H$/ | /miĕn/ |
| Wang Li | /ɕĭo$^H$/ | /mĭĕn/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ɕi̯wo$^H$/ | /mi̯ĕn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shù | mín |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | syu$^3$ | man$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-tak-s mi[ŋ]/
    (Zhengzhang): /*hljaɡs min/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 庶 | 民 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | shù | mín |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ syo$^H$ › | ‹ mjin › |
| Old Chinese | /*s-tak-s/ | /*mi[ŋ]/ |
| English | numerous; commoner | people |
| 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 | 庶 | 民 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 11905 | 9130 |
| Phonetic component | 庶 | 民 |
| Rime group | 暮 | 眞 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 恕 | 民 |
| Old Chinese | /*hljaɡs/ | /*min/ |
| Notes | 甲金文火上爲石， 石亦聲，本炙初文 | |

### Noun

庶民
* (literary) commoners; ordinary citizens; plebeians
       tiānzǐ fànfǎ, yǔ shùmín tóng zuì [Pinyin]
       When the emperor commits crimes, he is equally guilty like commoners

#### Synonyms

* 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)
* 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)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 庶 | 民 |
| しょ Grade: S | みん Grade: 4 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) しょみん [shóꜜmìǹ] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ɕo̞mʲĩɴ]

### Noun

庶(しょ)民(みん) • (shomin)
* commoners, common people

### References

* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN