東人

Chinese

		east	man; person; people
trad. (東人)		東	人
simp. (东人)		东	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dōngrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dung¹ jan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dōngrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dongrén
    • Wade–Giles: tung¹-jên²
    • Yale: dūng-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dongren
    • Palladius: дунжэнь (dunžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dung¹ jan⁴
    • Yale: dūng yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dung¹ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dung¹ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: tuwng nyin

Rime
Character	東	人
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	東 (1)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	德紅切	如鄰切
Baxter	tuwng	nyin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tuŋ/	/ȵiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/tuŋ/	/ȵin/
Shao Rongfen	/tuŋ/	/ȵʑjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/təwŋ/	/ȵin/
Li Rong	/tuŋ/	/ȵiĕn/
Wang Li	/tuŋ/	/ȵʑĭĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tuŋ/	/ȵʑi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dōng	rén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dung1	jan4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*tˤoŋ  ni[ŋ]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*toːŋ  njin/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	東	人
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dōng	rén
Middle Chinese	‹ tuwng ›	‹ nyin ›
Old Chinese	/*tˁoŋ/ (< *tˁoŋʔ ?)	/*ni[ŋ]/
English	east	(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	東	人
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	2435	10800
Phonetic component	東	人
Rime group	東	眞
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	東	仁
Old Chinese	/*toːŋ/	/*njin/
Notes	種（種籽）初文，甲金文象種皮甲坼萌生根芽， 參敕字陳字注

Noun

東人

1. (literary, literally) someone from the east; easterner

   • 東人之子，職勞不來。西人之子，粲粲衣服。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     东人之子，职劳不来。西人之子，粲粲衣服。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Dōngrén zhī zǐ, zhí láo bùlái. Xīrén zhī zǐ, càncàn yīfú. [Pinyin]

     The sons of the easterners are only summoned [to service] without encouragement, while the sons of the westerners shine in splendid dresses.

2. (archaic) landlord; master; boss
3. (archaic) host (person who receives or entertains other people as guests)
4. (Korean Classical Chinese) Korean

   • 我東人遊於^中國者，觀其規模之大，儀度之盛，宮室之壯麗 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]

     From: 1858, 金直淵, 《聞見雜識》, 《燕槎日錄》

     a dong-in yu eo Jungguk ja, gwan gi gyumo ji dae, uido ji seong, gungsil ji jangnyeo [Sino-Korean]

     As for us Koreans who have visited China, we have seen the greatness of its scale, the flourishing of its ceremonial, the magnificence of its palaces.

Synonyms

• (someone from the east): 東方人／东方人 (dōngfāngrén)
• (landlord):

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• 厝主 (chió-ciō) (Eastern Min, Hokkien, Teochew)
• 厝東家 / 厝东家 (chio̤̿-dóng-gá) (Northern Min)
• 厝頭家 / 厝头家 (Hokkien)
• 地主 (dìzhǔ) (often pejorative)
• 房東 / 房东 (fángdōng)
• 東家 / 东家 (dōngjiā) (literary)

• (host):

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• 主人 (zhǔrén)
• 主人公 (zhǔréngōng) (literary, honorific)
• 主人翁 (zhǔrénwēng) (literary, honorific)
• 東家 / 东家 (dōngjiā)
• 東道 / 东道 (dōngdào)
• 東道主 / 东道主 (dōngdàozhǔ)
• 東道主人 / 东道主人 (dōngdào zhǔrén)

Proper noun

東人

1. (historical) a political faction in the Korean court which emerged in a dispute over the appropriate powers of royal in-laws in the 1570s, opposing the 西人 (xīrén, “Westerner”) faction; around 1589, they split into the 北人 (běirén, “Northerner”) and 南人 (nánrén, “Southerner”) factions