無人

See also: 无人

Chinese

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

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 無 人
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4) 日 (38)
Final (韻) 虞 (24) 眞 (43)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 武夫切 如鄰切
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
wú rén
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
mou4 jan4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 無 人
Reading # 1/3 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
wú 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 無 人
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 13117 10800
Phonetic
component
無 人
Rime
group
魚 眞
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
無 仁
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
無 人
ぶ
Grade: 4
にん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Adjective

無(ぶ)人(にん) • (bunin) -na (adnominal 無(ぶ)人(にん)な (bunin na), adverbial 無(ぶ)人(にん)に (bunin ni))

  1. shorthanded, lack of help
    • 1920-1935, Shūsei Tokuda, 闇の花 (p. 134, in 徳田秋聲全集):
      「この夏(なつ)はどこへもいらつしやらなかつたんですか。」「え、家(うち)が無人(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

無(ぶ)人(にん) • (bunin) 

  1. being shorthanded
  2. being uninhabited

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
無 人
む
Grade: 4
じん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Adjective

無(む)人(じん) • (mujin) -na (adnominal 無(む)人(じん)な (mujin na), adverbial 無(む)人(じん)に (mujin ni))

  1. Same as above.
Inflection
Derived terms

Noun

無(む)人(じん) • (mujin) 

  1. Same as above.

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
無 人
む
Grade: 4
にん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Adjective

無(む)人(にん) • (munin) -na (adnominal 無(む)人(にん)な (munin na), adverbial 無(む)人(にん)に (munin ni))

  1. Same as above.
Inflection

Noun

無(む)人(にん) • (munin) 

  1. Same as above.

Korean

Hanja in this term
無人

Proper noun

無人 • (Mu'in) (hangeul 무인)

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