Chinese

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road; path; way man; person; people
simp. and trad.
(路人)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (37) (38)
Final () (23) (43)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter luH nyin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/luoH/ /ȵiɪn/
Pan
Wuyun
/luoH/ /ȵin/
Shao
Rongfen
/loH/ /ȵʑjen/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/lɔH/ /ȵin/
Li
Rong
/loH/ /ȵiĕn/
Wang
Li
/luH/ /ȵʑĭĕn/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/luoH/ /ȵʑi̯ĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
rén
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
lou6 jan4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
rén
Middle
Chinese
‹ luH › ‹ nyin ›
Old
Chinese
/*Cə.rˁak-s/ /*ni[ŋ]/
English road (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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 3856 10800
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡ·raːɡs/ /*njin/

Noun

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路人

  1. passer-by

Derived terms

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