不求人

Chinese

		not; no	to seek; to look for; to request to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (不求人)		不	求	人
Literally: “to not seek help from others”.

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùqiúrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ kau⁴ jan⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): put-kiû-jîn / put-kiû-lîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùqiúrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùcióurén
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-chʻiu²-jên²
    • Yale: bù-chyóu-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buchyouren
    • Palladius: буцюжэнь (bucjužɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ kau⁴ jan⁴
    • Yale: bāt kàuh yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ kau⁴ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ keo⁴ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ kʰɐu̯²¹ jɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Sanxia, Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-kiû-jîn
    • Tâi-lô: put-kiû-jîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putkiujiin
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ kiu²³⁻³³ zin²³/
    • IPA (Yilan): /put̚²⁻⁵ kiu²⁴⁻³³ d͡zin²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-kiû-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: put-kiû-lîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putkiuliin
    • IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ kiu²⁴⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/

不求人 (1)

Noun

不求人

1. bamboo or wood backscratcher
2. (mahjong) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
3. (traditional Chinese medicine) Arisaema heterophyllum

Synonyms

(backscratcher):

• (Harbin Mandarin) 老頭兒樂／老头儿乐, 癢癢撓兒／痒痒挠儿
• (Liuzhou Mandarin) 抓癢耙／抓痒耙, 癢耙／痒耙, 癢癢撓／痒痒挠
• (Wuhan Mandarin) 癢抓／痒抓, 抓癢／抓痒 (zhuāyǎng)
• (Yangzhou Mandarin) 抓癢耙子／抓痒耙子
• (Changsha) 癢抓子／痒抓子