愚臣

Chinese

		stupid	statesman; vassal; courtier statesman; vassal; courtier; minister; official
trad. (愚臣)		愚	臣
simp. #(愚臣)		愚	臣
anagram		臣愚
Literally: “stupid vassal”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yúchén

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ ㄔㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yúchén
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˊ ㄔㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yúchén
    • Wade–Giles: yü²-chʻên²
    • Yale: yú-chén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuchern
    • Palladius: юйчэнь (jujčɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: ngju dzyin

Rime
Character	愚	臣
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	虞俱切	植鄰切
Baxter	ngju	dzyin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɨo/	/d͡ʑiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋio/	/d͡ʑin/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋio/	/d͡ʑjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋuə̆/	/d͡ʑin/
Li Rong	/ŋio/	/ʑiĕn/
Wang Li	/ŋĭu/	/ʑĭĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋi̯u/	/ʑi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yú	chén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyu4	san4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋo  ɡiŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	臣
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chén
Middle Chinese	‹ dzyin ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ]i[ŋ]/
English	slave, subject
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	愚	臣
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	15919	1342
Phonetic component	禺	臣
Rime group	侯	眞
Rime subdivision	0	2
Corresponding MC rime		辰
Old Chinese	/*ŋo/	/*ɡiŋ/
Notes		甲文臧象以戈刺目爲奴， 省戈表不刺者則爲臣， 專指役使於家內者

Pronoun

愚臣

1. (archaic, humble) A first-person pronoun used by a vassal who humbles himself to his master.

Synonyms

• 臣愚 (chényú)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
愚	臣
ぐ Grade: S	しん Grade: 4
kan’on

Etymology

From Literary Chinese 愚臣 (yúchén).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぐしん [gùshíń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɡɯ̟ᵝɕĩɴ]

Noun

愚(ぐ)臣(しん) • (gushin) 

1. (literally) stupid vassal

Pronoun

愚(ぐ)臣(しん) • (gushin) 

1. (archaic, humble) A first-person pronoun used by a vassal who humbles himself to his master.

Korean

Hanja in this term
愚	臣

Noun

愚臣 • (usin) (hangeul 우신)

1. Hanja form^? of 우신.