See 色目人 on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "Contrary to popular belief, the term \"Semu\" (interpreted literally as \"color-eye\") did not imply that caste members had \"colored eyes\" in contrast with brown-eyed Mongol Yuan people. It in fact meant \"assorted categories\" (各色名目, gè sè míng mù), emphasizing the ethnic diversity of Semu people.",
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"expansion": "色目人",
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"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
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"categories": [
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},
{
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},
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"glosses": [
"Semu, a caste established in China under the Yuan Dynasty"
],
"id": "en-色目人-zh-name-RFFEz1le",
"links": [
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"caste",
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]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "Sèmùrén"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄙㄜˋ ㄇㄨˋ ㄖㄣˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "sik¹ muk⁶ jan⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "Sèmùrén"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄙㄜˋ ㄇㄨˋ ㄖㄣˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "Sèmùrén"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "Sê⁴-mu⁴-jên²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "Sè-mù-rén"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "Sehmuhren"
},
{
"roman": "Sɛmužɛnʹ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "Сэмужэнь"
},
{
"ipa": "/sɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
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"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "sik¹ muk⁶ jan⁴"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
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"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "sīk muhk yàhn"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "sik⁷ muk⁹ jan⁴"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "xig¹ mug⁶ yen⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/sɪk̚⁵ mʊk̚² jɐn²¹/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "色目人"
}
{
"etymology_text": "Contrary to popular belief, the term \"Semu\" (interpreted literally as \"color-eye\") did not imply that caste members had \"colored eyes\" in contrast with brown-eyed Mongol Yuan people. It in fact meant \"assorted categories\" (各色名目, gè sè míng mù), emphasizing the ethnic diversity of Semu people.",
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"expansion": "色目人",
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"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "name",
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"Cantonese proper nouns",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese proper nouns",
"Chinese terms spelled with 人",
"Chinese terms spelled with 目",
"Chinese terms spelled with 色",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Mandarin proper nouns",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"Semu, a caste established in China under the Yuan Dynasty"
],
"links": [
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"caste",
"caste"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "Sèmùrén"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄙㄜˋ ㄇㄨˋ ㄖㄣˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "sik¹ muk⁶ jan⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "Sèmùrén"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄙㄜˋ ㄇㄨˋ ㄖㄣˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "Sèmùrén"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "Sê⁴-mu⁴-jên²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "Sè-mù-rén"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "Sehmuhren"
},
{
"roman": "Sɛmužɛnʹ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "Сэмужэнь"
},
{
"ipa": "/sɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "sik¹ muk⁶ jan⁴"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "sīk muhk yàhn"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "sik⁷ muk⁹ jan⁴"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "xig¹ mug⁶ yen⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/sɪk̚⁵ mʊk̚² jɐn²¹/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "色目人"
}
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