與人為善

Chinese

		and; to give; together with and; to give; together with; take part in; (interrog. part.)	man; person; people	because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become	good
trad. (與人為善/與人爲善)		與	人	為/爲	善
simp. (与人为善)		与	人	为	善

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǔrénwéishàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄕㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁵ jan⁴ wai⁴ sin⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǔrénwéishàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄕㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǔrénwéishàn
    • Wade–Giles: yü³-jên²-wei²-shan⁴
    • Yale: yǔ-rén-wéi-shàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeurenweishann
    • Palladius: юйжэньвэйшань (jujžɛnʹvɛjšanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ ʂän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁵ jan⁴ wai⁴ sin⁶
    • Yale: yúh yàhn wàih sihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁵ jan⁴ wai⁴ sin⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁵ yen⁴ wei⁴ xin⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː¹³ jɐn²¹ wɐi̯²¹ siːn²²/

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• Middle Chinese: yoX nyin hjwe dzyenX

Rime
Character	與	人	為	善
Reading #	2/3	1/1	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	日 (38)	云 (35)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)	眞 (43)	支 (14)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III	III
Fanqie	余吕切	如鄰切	薳支切	常演切
Baxter	yoX	nyin	hjwe	dzyenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨʌX/	/ȵiɪn/	/ɦˠiuᴇ/	/d͡ʑiᴇnX/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɔX/	/ȵin/	/ɦʷᵚiɛ/	/d͡ʑiɛnX/
Shao Rongfen	/iɔX/	/ȵʑjen/	/ɣiuɛ/	/d͡ʑjænX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jɨə̆X/	/ȵin/	/ɦjwiə̆/	/d͡ʑianX/
Li Rong	/iɔX/	/ȵiĕn/	/ɣjue/	/ʑiɛnX/
Wang Li	/jĭoX/	/ȵʑĭĕn/	/ɣǐwe/	/ʑĭɛnX/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯woX/	/ȵʑi̯ĕn/	/wie̯/	/ʑi̯ɛnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǔ	rén	wéi	shàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyu5	jan4	wai4	sin6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*m-q(r)aʔ  ni[ŋ]  ɢʷ(r)aj  [ɡ]e[n]ʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*laʔ  njin  ɢʷal  ɡjenʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	與	人	為	善
Reading #	1/2	1/1	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yǔ	rén	wéi	shàn
Middle Chinese	‹ yoX ›	‹ nyin ›	‹ hjwe ›	‹ dzyenX ›
Old Chinese	/*m-q(r)aʔ/	/*ni[ŋ]/	/*ɢʷ(r)aj/	/*[ɡ]e[n]ʔ/
English	give; for; and	(other) person	make, do, act as	good
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	與	人	為	善
Reading #	2/3	1/1	1/2	1/1
No.	15901	10800		11084
Phonetic component	舁	人	爲	善
Rime group	魚	眞	歌	元
Rime subdivision	0	1	1	2
Corresponding MC rime		仁	爲	善
Old Chinese	/*laʔ/	/*njin/	/*ɢʷal/	/*ɡjenʔ/
Notes	舁分化字		俗爲字

Idiom

與人為善

1. (literary) to do good with others; to help people practise virtue
2. to be kind to others; to do good to others