"寡人" meaning in Chinese

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Noun

IPA: /ku̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /kʷaː³⁵ jɐn²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ku̯a³¹ ŋin¹¹/ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /kua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lin²⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /kuã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zin²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /ku̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/, /kʷaː³⁵ jɐn²¹/, /ku̯a³¹ ŋin¹¹/, /kua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lin²⁴/, /kuã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zin²³/ Chinese transliterations: guǎrén [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄍㄨㄚˇ ㄖㄣˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], gwaa² jan⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], kóa-ngìn [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], kóa-lîn, kóaⁿ-jîn, guǎrén [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], guǎrén [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], kua³-jên² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], gwǎ-rén [Mandarin, Yale], goaren [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], гуажэнь [Mandarin, Palladius], guažɛnʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], gwá yàhn [Cantonese, Yale], gwaa² jan⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], gua² yen⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], kóa-ngìn [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], gua` nginˇ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], gua³ ngin² [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], kóa-lîn [Hokkien, POJ], kuá-lîn [Hokkien, Tai-lo], koafliin [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], kóaⁿ-jîn [Hokkien, POJ], kuánn-jîn [Hokkien, Tai-lo], kvoafjiin [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], kwaeX nyin [Middle-Chinese], /*[C.k]ʷˤraʔ ni[ŋ]/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*kʷraːʔ njin/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Etymology: Kong Yingda explains this term as 寡德之人 (guǎdé zhī rén "person of meagre virtue"). Etymology templates: {{lang|zh|寡德之人}} 寡德之人, {{l|zh|卷五//|lit=|pos=|sc=|t=|tr=}} 卷五, {{lw|zh|s:禮記正義/05|卷五}} 卷五 Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 寡人
  1. lonely person Categories (topical): People Derived forms: 孤家寡人 (gūjiāguǎrén)
    Sense id: en-寡人-zh-noun-xlFORubD Disambiguation of People: 40 23 37 Categories (other): Chinese pronouns Disambiguation of Chinese pronouns: 13 40 47

Pronoun

IPA: /ku̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /kʷaː³⁵ jɐn²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ku̯a³¹ ŋin¹¹/ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /kua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lin²⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /kuã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zin²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /ku̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/, /kʷaː³⁵ jɐn²¹/, /ku̯a³¹ ŋin¹¹/, /kua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lin²⁴/, /kuã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zin²³/ Chinese transliterations: guǎrén [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄍㄨㄚˇ ㄖㄣˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], gwaa² jan⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], kóa-ngìn [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], kóa-lîn, kóaⁿ-jîn, guǎrén [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], guǎrén [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], kua³-jên² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], gwǎ-rén [Mandarin, Yale], goaren [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], гуажэнь [Mandarin, Palladius], guažɛnʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], gwá yàhn [Cantonese, Yale], gwaa² jan⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], gua² yen⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], kóa-ngìn [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], gua` nginˇ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], gua³ ngin² [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], kóa-lîn [Hokkien, POJ], kuá-lîn [Hokkien, Tai-lo], koafliin [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], kóaⁿ-jîn [Hokkien, POJ], kuánn-jîn [Hokkien, Tai-lo], kvoafjiin [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], kwaeX nyin [Middle-Chinese], /*[C.k]ʷˤraʔ ni[ŋ]/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*kʷraːʔ njin/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Etymology: Kong Yingda explains this term as 寡德之人 (guǎdé zhī rén "person of meagre virtue"). Etymology templates: {{lang|zh|寡德之人}} 寡德之人, {{l|zh|卷五//|lit=|pos=|sc=|t=|tr=}} 卷五, {{lw|zh|s:禮記正義/05|卷五}} 卷五 Head templates: {{head|zh|pronoun}} 寡人
  1. (imperial, humble, archaic) I; we; "lonesome one" (similar to the royal we; reserved for used by monarchs) Tags: archaic, humble Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-寡人-zh-pron-F~LGuxng Disambiguation of People: 40 23 37 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese links with redundant wikilinks, Chinese pronouns Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 8 60 32 Disambiguation of Chinese links with redundant wikilinks: 10 58 32 Disambiguation of Chinese pronouns: 13 40 47
  2. (noble, archaic) I (first-person pronoun used by the wife of a feudal prince) Tags: archaic Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-寡人-zh-pron-poNnvIvu Disambiguation of People: 40 23 37 Categories (other): Chinese pronouns Disambiguation of Chinese pronouns: 13 40 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: (zhèn), 不穀 (bùgǔ), 不谷 (bùgǔ), (gū)

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      "zh-pron": "gwaa² jan⁴"
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      "zh-pron": "gua² yen⁴"
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      "ipa": "/kʷaː³⁵ jɐn²¹/",
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        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
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      "zh-pron": "gua` nginˇ"
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      "tags": [
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        "Miaoli",
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      "zh-pron": "gua³ ngin²"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ku̯a³¹ ŋin¹¹/",
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      "ipa": "/kua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lin²⁴/",
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        "Xiamen"
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      "zh-pron": "kuánn-jîn"
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      "zh-pron": "kvoafjiin"
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      "ipa": "/kuã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zin²³/",
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    },
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      "ipa": "/kʷaː³⁵ jɐn²¹/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ku̯a³¹ ŋin¹¹/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/kua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lin²⁴/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/kuã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zin²³/"
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      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gwá yàhn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gwaa² jan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gua² yen⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʷaː³⁵ jɐn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kóa-ngìn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gua` nginˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gua³ ngin²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ku̯a³¹ ŋin¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kóa-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kuá-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "koafliin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lin²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kóaⁿ-jîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kuánn-jîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kvoafjiin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kuã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zin²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kwaeX nyin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*[C.k]ʷˤraʔ ni[ŋ]/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*kʷraːʔ njin/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ku̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʷaː³⁵ jɐn²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ku̯a³¹ ŋin¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lin²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kuã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zin²³/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[C.k]"
    },
    {
      "other": "[ŋ]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*kʷraːʔ njin/"
    }
  ],
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    "Kong Yingda",
    "Zheng Xuan"
  ],
  "word": "寡人"
}
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "pronoun"
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "pron",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "zhèn",
      "word": "朕"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bùgǔ",
      "word": "不穀"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bùgǔ",
      "word": "不谷"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gū",
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      "categories": [
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        "Chinese royal terms",
        "Chinese terms with archaic senses",
        "Literary Chinese terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "King Hui of Liang said, \"I have exerted my mind to the utmost for my kingdom.\"",
          "ref": "梁惠王曰:「寡人之於國也,盡心焉耳矣。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]",
          "text": "梁惠王曰:「寡人之于国也,尽心焉耳矣。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: Mencius, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE\nLiáng Huì Wáng yuē: “Guǎrén zhī yú guó yě, jìnxīn yān ěr yǐ.” [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "So the King summoned Lin Xiangru and asked, \"The King of Qin has proposed bartering fifteen towns for my jade (Heshibi). Can I give him (my jade)?\"",
          "ref": "於是王召見,問藺相如曰:「秦王以十五城請易寡人之璧,可予不?」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]",
          "text": "于是王召见,问蔺相如曰:「秦王以十五城请易寡人之璧,可予不?」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE\nYúshì wáng zhàojiàn, wèn Lìn Xiàngrú yuē: “Qín wáng yǐ shíwǔ chéng qǐng yì guǎrén zhī bì, kě yǔ fǒu?” [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
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      ],
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          "humble",
          "humble"
        ],
        [
          "I",
          "I"
        ],
        [
          "we",
          "we"
        ],
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          "royal we",
          "royal we#English"
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          "monarch#English"
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      "categories": [
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      ],
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        {
          "english": "In thinking of our deceased lord, she encouraged me.",
          "ref": "先君之思、以勗寡人。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]",
          "text": "先君之思、以勖寡人。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version\nXiānjūn zhī sī, yǐ xù guǎrén. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "I (first-person pronoun used by the wife of a feudal prince)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "I",
          "I"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "noble",
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        "(noble, archaic) I (first-person pronoun used by the wife of a feudal prince)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "guǎrén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄍㄨㄚˇ ㄖㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gwaa² jan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kóa-ngìn"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "kóa-lîn"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "kóaⁿ-jîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "guǎrén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "guǎrén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kua³-jên²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gwǎ-rén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "goaren"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "гуажэнь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "guažɛnʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ku̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gwá yàhn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gwaa² jan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gua² yen⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʷaː³⁵ jɐn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kóa-ngìn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gua` nginˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gua³ ngin²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ku̯a³¹ ŋin¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kóa-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kuá-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "koafliin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lin²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kóaⁿ-jîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kuánn-jîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kvoafjiin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kuã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zin²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kwaeX nyin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*[C.k]ʷˤraʔ ni[ŋ]/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*kʷraːʔ njin/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ku̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʷaː³⁵ jɐn²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ku̯a³¹ ŋin¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lin²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kuã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zin²³/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[C.k]"
    },
    {
      "other": "[ŋ]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*kʷraːʔ njin/"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Kong Yingda",
    "Zheng Xuan"
  ],
  "word": "寡人"
}

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    "Chinese links with redundant wikilinks",
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    "Old Chinese lemmas",
    "zh:People"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "gūjiāguǎrén",
      "word": "孤家寡人"
    }
  ],
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        "Mandarin",
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      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄍㄨㄚˇ ㄖㄣˊ"
    },
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      "tags": [
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        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gwaa² jan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kóa-ngìn"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "kóa-lîn"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "kóaⁿ-jîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
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      "tags": [
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        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
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      "zh-pron": "guǎrén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kua³-jên²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gwǎ-rén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "goaren"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "гуажэнь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "guažɛnʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ku̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/",
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        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
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      "zh-pron": "gwá yàhn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gwaa² jan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gua² yen⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʷaː³⁵ jɐn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kóa-ngìn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gua` nginˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gua³ ngin²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ku̯a³¹ ŋin¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kóa-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kuá-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "koafliin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lin²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kóaⁿ-jîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kuánn-jîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kvoafjiin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kuã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zin²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kwaeX nyin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*[C.k]ʷˤraʔ ni[ŋ]/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*kʷraːʔ njin/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ku̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʷaː³⁵ jɐn²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ku̯a³¹ ŋin¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lin²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kuã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zin²³/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[C.k]"
    },
    {
      "other": "[ŋ]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*kʷraːʔ njin/"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Kong Yingda",
    "Zheng Xuan"
  ],
  "word": "寡人"
}

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