黎庶

Chinese

	surname; black; Lebanon (abbrev.)	ordinary
trad. (黎庶)	黎	庶
simp. ^#(黎庶)	黎	庶
anagram	庶黎

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): líshù

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ ㄕㄨˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: líshù
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˊ ㄕㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: líshù
  - Wade–Giles: li²-shu⁴
  - Yale: lí-shù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lishuh
  - Palladius: лишу (lišu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li³⁵ ʂu⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    黎庶

Middle Chinese: lej syoH

Rime
Character	黎	庶
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	郎奚切	商署切
Baxter	lej	syoH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lei/	/ɕɨʌ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/lei/	/ɕiɔ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/lɛi/	/ɕiɔ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛj/	/ɕɨə̆^H/
Li Rong	/lei/	/ɕiɔ^H/
Wang Li	/liei/	/ɕĭo^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/liei/	/ɕi̯wo^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lí	shù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lai⁴	syu³

Noun

黎庶

(literary) commoners; ordinary citizens; plebeians

Synonyms

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一般人 (yībānrén)
世人 (shìrén)
世間人／世间人 (Hokkien)
人士 (rénshì) (literary)
人民 (rénmín)
人群 (rénqún)
人萌 (rénméng) (literary)
俗人 (súrén)
俗子 (súzǐ) (literary)
𫣆人 (Hakka)
兆民 (zhàomín) (archaic)
公眾／公众 (gōngzhòng)
凡人 (fánrén)
凡夫 (fánfū) (literary)
匹夫 (pǐfū) (literary)
四眾人／四众人 (si³ zing³ nang⁵) (Teochew)
士人 (shìrén) (archaic)
大眾／大众 (dàzhòng)
子民 (zǐmín) (historical)
家人 (jiārén) (archaic)
布衣 (bùyī) (historical)
常人 (chángrén)
平人 (píngrén) (literary)
平常人 (píngchángrén)
平民 (píngmín)
庶人 (shùrén) (literary)
庶民 (shùmín) (literary)
斯人 (sīrén) (Classical Chinese)
普通人 (pǔtōngrén)
民人 (mínrén) (literary)
民眾／民众 (mínzhòng)
烝民 (zhēngmín) (literary)
烝黎 (zhēnglí) (Classical Chinese)
白衣 (báiyī) (historical)
白衣人 (báiyīrén) (historical)
白身 (báishēn) (archaic)
白身人 (báishēnrén) (archaic)
百姓
眾人／众人 (zhòngrén) (literary)
萬姓／万姓 (wànxìng) (archaic)
群眾／群众 (qúnzhòng)
老百姓 (lǎobǎixìng)
良人 (liángrén) (literary)
草民 (cǎomín) (the worthless ordinary people)
草菅 (cǎojiān) (Classical Chinese, figurative)
草野 (cǎoyě) (literary, figurative)
萌 (literary)
野人 (yěrén) (archaic)
黎民 (límín) (literary)
黎首 (líshǒu) (archaic)
黔首 (qiánshǒu) (archaic)
黔黎 (archaic)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
黎	庶
れい Jinmeiyō	しょ Grade: S
kan'on	on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 黎庶 (lej syo^H, literally “black [in reference to black hair: i.e. bareheaded, i.e. not nobility] + commoner”). Compare modern Mandarin reading líshù.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) れーしょ [réꜜèshò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɾe̞ːɕo̞]

Noun

黎(れい)庶(しょ) • (reisho)

(uncommon) a commoner, an ordinary person (in contrast to the aristocracy or nobility)

Synonyms

庶民(しょみん) (shomin) (most common)
黎民(れいみん) (reimin)
黎元(れいげん) (reigen)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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