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See also: 从

man; person; people man; person; people
simp. and trad.
(人人) 		人 人
alternative forms 儂儂／侬侬 Min Nan (colloquial)

Note:

  • lâng-lâng - colloquial;
  • lîn-lîn/jîn-jîn - literary.
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 人
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		rén
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ nyin ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*ni[ŋ]/
    English (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 人
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 10800
    Phonetic
    component         		人
    Rime
    group         		眞
    Rime
    subdivision         		1
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		仁
    Old
    Chinese         		/*njin/

    人人

    1. everyone; everybody; all of us
      法律面前人人平等。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
      Fǎlǜ miànqián rénrén píngděng. [Pinyin]
      All men are equal before the law.
      人人都會犯錯，這是在所難免的。 [MSC, trad.]
      人人都会犯错，这是在所难免的。 [MSC, simp.]
      Rénrén dōu huì fàncuò, zhè shì zàisuǒnánmiǎn de. [Pinyin]
      It is inevitable that everyone will make mistakes.
    2. (literary) refers to a lover or intimate friend
    • (everyone):
    Kanji in this term
    人 人
    ひと
    Grade: 1     		ひと > びと
    Grade: 1
    kun'yomi
    For pronunciation and definitions of 人人 – see the following entry.
    (This term, 人人, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)