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讀書人

讀書人

See also: 读书人

Chinese

		to read books	man; person; people
trad. (讀書人)		讀書	人
simp. (读书人)		读书	人

Noun

讀書人

scholar; intellectual

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): dúshūrén

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨˊ ㄕㄨㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): duk⁶ syu¹ jan⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thu̍k-sû-ngìn
Min Nan

(Hokkien, POJ): tha̍k-chu-lâng

(Teochew, Peng'im): tag⁸ ze¹ nang⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: dúshūrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˊ ㄕㄨㄖㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dwushuren
  - IPA ^(key): /tu³⁵ ʂu⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: duk⁶ syu¹ jan⁴
  - Yale: duhk syū yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: duk⁹ sy¹ jan⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /tʊk̚² ɕyː⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thu̍k-sû-ngìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: tug su´ nginˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tug⁶ su¹ ngin²
  - IPA: /tʰuk̚⁵ su²⁴ ɲin¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tha̍k-chu-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: tha̍k-tsu-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tagzulaang
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰak̚⁴⁻²¹ t͡su⁴⁴⁻²² laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰak̚²⁴⁻²² t͡su³³ laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡su⁴⁴⁻²² laŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰak̚⁴⁻³² t͡su⁴⁴⁻³³ laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰak̚⁴⁻³² t͡su⁴⁴⁻³³ laŋ²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: tag⁸ ze¹ nang⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tha̍k tsṳ nâng
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰak̚⁴⁻² t͡sɯ³³⁻²³ naŋ⁵⁵/