常人

Chinese

		always; ever; often always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (常人)		常	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chángrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˊ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁴ jan⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siông-lîn / siâng-jîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chángrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˊ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chángrén
    • Wade–Giles: chʻang²-jên²
    • Yale: cháng-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charngren
    • Palladius: чанжэнь (čanžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁴ jan⁴
    • Yale: sèuhng yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁴ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁴ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²¹ jɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siông-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: siông-lîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siongliin
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /siɔŋ²⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siâng-jîn
    • Tâi-lô: siâng-jîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siangjiin
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ¹³⁻²² d͡zin¹³/

Noun

常人

1. ordinary person; common people

   這個青年人我見過，他有常人不及的氣質。 [MSC, trad.]
   这个青年人我见过，他有常人不及的气质。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè ge qīngniánrén wǒ jiàn guò, tā yǒu chángrén bùjí de qìzhì. [Pinyin]

   This young person, who I have seen before, has an aura that cannot be matched by ordinary people.

Synonyms

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• 一般人 (yībānrén)
• 世人 (shìrén)
• 世間人 / 世间人 (Hokkien)
• 人士 (rénshì) (literary)
• 人民 (rénmín)
• 人群 (rénqún)
• 人萌 (rénméng) (literary)
• 俗人 (súrén)
• 俗子 (súzǐ) (literary)
• 𫣆人 (Hakka)
• 兆民 (zhàomín) (archaic)
• 公眾 / 公众 (gōngzhòng)
• 凡人 (fánrén)
• 凡夫 (fánfū) (literary)
• 匹夫 (pǐfū) (literary)
• 四眾人 / 四众人 (si³ zing³ nang⁵) (Teochew)
• 士人 (shìrén) (archaic)
• 大眾 / 大众 (dàzhòng)
• 子民 (zǐmín) (historical)
• 家人 (jiārén) (archaic)
• 布衣 (bùyī) (historical)
• 平人 (píngrén) (literary)
• 平常人 (píngchángrén)
• 平民 (píngmín)
• 庶人 (shùrén) (literary)
• 庶民 (shùmín) (literary)
• 斯人 (sīrén) (Classical Chinese)
• 普通人 (pǔtōngrén)
• 民人 (mínrén) (literary)
• 民眾 / 民众 (mínzhòng)
• 烝民 (zhēngmín) (literary)
• 烝黎 (zhēnglí) (Classical Chinese)
• 白衣 (báiyī) (historical)
• 白衣人 (báiyīrén) (historical)
• 白身 (báishēn) (archaic)
• 白身人 (báishēnrén) (archaic)
• 百姓
• 眾人 / 众人 (zhòngrén) (literary)
• 萬姓 / 万姓 (wànxìng) (archaic)
• 群眾 / 群众 (qúnzhòng)
• 老百姓 (lǎobǎixìng)
• 良人 (liángrén) (literary)
• 草民 (cǎomín) (the worthless ordinary people)
• 草菅 (cǎojiān) (Classical Chinese, figurative)
• 草野 (cǎoyě) (literary, figurative)
• 萌 (literary)
• 野人 (yěrén) (archaic)
• 黎庶 (líshù) (literary)
• 黎民 (límín) (literary)
• 黎首 (líshǒu) (archaic)
• 黔首 (qiánshǒu) (archaic)
• 黔黎 (archaic)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
常	人
じょう Grade: 5	じん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

常(じょう)人(じん) • (jōjin) 

1. ordinary person; common people

References

• “常人”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025