無人

See also: 无人

Chinese

not have man; person; people
trad. (無人)
simp. (无人)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (4) (38)
Final () (24) (43)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter mju nyin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mɨo/ /ȵiɪn/
Pan
Wuyun
/mio/ /ȵin/
Shao
Rongfen
/mio/ /ȵʑjen/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/muə̆/ /ȵin/
Li
Rong
/mio/ /ȵiĕn/
Wang
Li
/mĭu/ /ȵʑĭĕn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/mi̯u/ /ȵʑi̯ĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
rén
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
mou4 jan4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/3 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
rén
Middle
Chinese
‹ mju › ‹ nyin ›
Old
Chinese
/*ma/ /*ni[ŋ]/
English not have (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. 13117 10800
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ma/ /*njin/

Adjective

無人

  1. (attributive) devoid of people
  2. (attributive) depopulated
  3. (attributive) unmanned; self-service

Verb

無人

  1. (literary) there is nobody; to lack someone; to be vacant
  2. (literary) there is a lack of talent

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of to be vacant): 有人 (yǒurén)

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (無人):

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
にん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Adjective

()(にん) • (bunin) -na (adnominal ()(にん) (bunin na), adverbial ()(にん) (bunin ni))

  1. shorthanded, lack of help
    • 1920-1935, Shūsei Tokuda, 闇の花 (p. 134, in 徳田秋聲全集):
      「この(なつ)はどこへもいらつしやらなかつたんですか。」「え、(うち)無人(ぶにん)なものですから。」
      “Kono natsu wa doko e mo irassharanakatta n desu ka.” “E, uchi ga bunin na mono desu kara.”
      Didn't you travel anywhere this summer? No, since our household is shorthanded.
  2. uninhabited, unmanned
Inflection
Derived terms

Noun

()(にん) • (bunin) 

  1. being shorthanded
  2. being uninhabited

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
じん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Adjective

()(じん) • (mujin) -na (adnominal ()(じん) (mujin na), adverbial ()(じん) (mujin ni))

  1. Same as above.
Inflection
Derived terms

Noun

()(じん) • (mujin) 

  1. Same as above.

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
にん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Adjective

()(にん) • (munin) -na (adnominal ()(にん) (munin na), adverbial ()(にん) (munin ni))

  1. Same as above.
Inflection

Noun

()(にん) • (munin) 

  1. Same as above.

Korean

Hanja in this term

Proper noun

無人 • (Mu'in) (hangeul 무인)

  1. Hanja form? of 무인 (uninhabited, unmanned).
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