一人

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (一人)		一	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ jan⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chi̍t-lâng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīrén [Phonetic: yìrén]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yirén
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-jên²
    • Yale: yī-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iren
    • Palladius: ижэнь (ižɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ jan⁴
    • Yale: yāt yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ jɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi̍t-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: tsi̍t-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cidlaang
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sit̚²⁴⁻² laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ laŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² laŋ²³/

Noun

一人

1. a person; one person; someone

   這件事並非你一人之力能夠定乾坤的。 [MSC, trad.]
   这件事并非你一人之力能够定乾坤的。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè jiàn shì bìngfēi nǐ yīrén zhī lì nénggòu dìng qiánkūn de. [Pinyin]

   This course of events cannot be determined by you alone.

2. (historical) emperor

Adverb

一人

1. by one person; alone
2. one person each

   一人一個／一人一个  ―  yīrén yīge  ―  one each (literally, “one for each person”)

   你兩個一人少句啦！ [Cantonese, trad.]
   你两个一人少句啦！ [Cantonese, simp.]

   nei⁵ loeng⁵ go³ jat¹ jan⁴ siu² geoi³ laa¹! [Jyutping]

   You two, stop quarrelling! (literally, “You two, each speak a sentence less!”)

Synonyms

• (Hakka) 單儕／单侪

Derived terms

• 一人得道，雞犬升天 / 一人得道，鸡犬升天 (yīrén dédào, jīquǎn shēngtiān)
• 一人樂隊 / 一人乐队 (yīrén yuèduì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (一人):

• → Japanese: 一人(いちにん) (ichinin)