誰人

See also: 谁人

Chinese

		who	man; person; people
trad. (誰人)		誰	人
simp. (谁人)		谁	人

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shéirén, shuírén

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄟˊ ㄖㄣˊ, ㄕㄨㄟˊ ㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): seoi⁴ jan⁴

(Taishan, Wiktionary): sui³ ngin³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shéirén
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄟˊ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheirren
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂeɪ̯³⁵ ʐən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shuírén
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˊ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shweiren
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯³⁵ ʐən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: seoi⁴ jan⁴
  - Yale: sèuih yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey⁴ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêu⁴ yen⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯²¹ jɐn²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: sui³ ngin³
  - IPA ^(key): /sui²² ᵑgin²²/

Pronoun

誰人

(literary) who; what person
- 時日過，誰能成為大器，誰人全無運氣？ [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
  时日过，谁能成为大器，谁人全无运气？ [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
  From: 2008, 關菊英 (Susanna Kwan) (lyricist 張美賢 [Sandy Chang]), 無心害你 (opening theme of 溏心風暴之家好月圓 [Moonlight Resonance])
  Si⁴ jat⁶ gwo³, seoi⁴ nang⁴ sing⁴ wai⁴ daai⁶ hei³, seoi⁴ jan⁴ cyun⁴ mou⁴ wan⁶ hei³? [Jyutping]
  As time goes on, who can rise in importance, and who will run out of luck?

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 誰 (“who; whom”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		誰₁、誰人、何人、孰
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		誰
Mandarin	Beijing	誰₁
	Taiwan	誰₁
	Harbin	誰₁
	Shenyang	誰₁
	Jinan	誰₁
	Muping	誰₁
	Luoyang	誰₁
	Jiedian	哪𠰻
	Ronghe	啥外
	Xi'an	誰₁
	Qingdao	誰₁
	Zhengzhou	誰₁
	Xining	阿個、阿一個、啥人
	Xuzhou	誰₁、哪個
	Yinchuan	誰₁
	Lanzhou	誰₁、誰個、誰們
	Ürümqi	誰₁、誰一個、誰們
	Wuhan	哪個、啥個
	Chengdu	哪個、啥子人
	Guiyang	哪個
	Liuzhou	哪人、哪個
	Kunming	哪個
	Yangzhou	哪個、哪一個
	Nanjing	哪個
	Hefei	哪個、哈個
	Nantong	哪個、哪一個、哪個人
Cantonese	Guangzhou	邊個、乜誰
	Hong Kong	邊個、乜誰
	Shunde	邊個、邊誰
	Foshan	邊個
	Zhongshan	邊個
	Dongguan	鼠個、乜誰
	Hong Kong (Weitou)	邊個、哪誰
	Taishan	阿誰
	Doumen	邊個、乜誰
	Kaiping	乜誰、乜阿誰
	Shaoguan	邊個
	Yunfu	邊個
	Yangjiang	乜誰
	Xinyi	乜人、乜誰
	Lianjiang	乜人
	Nanning	邊個
	Kuala Lumpur	邊個
Gan	Nanchang	哪個
	Lichuan	哪個
	Pingxiang	哪仔、哪個仔
Hakka	Meixian	麼人、哪儕
	Xingning	哪隻
	Huidong	哪隻、哪人
	Qujiang	哪個
	Xiaosanjiang	哪儕
	Changting	哪個、哪個哩
	Pingyu	麼人
	Wuping	哪個、麼人
	Liancheng	哪個、麼人
	Ninghua	台人
	Ruijin	哪人、哪個
	Shicheng	斯你
	Shangyou	哪人
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	麼人、麼儕
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	麼人、麼儕
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	麼人、麼儕
	Dongshi (Dabu)	麼人、麼儕
	Zhuolan (Raoping)	麼人、麼儕
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	麼儕
	Hong Kong	哪人
	Sabah	哪人
	Senai	麼人
	Singkawang	麼儕
Huizhou	Jixi	哪個
Jin	Taiyuan	誰₁、誰們 usually plural
Jin	Xinzhou	誰₁、誰們 usually plural
Min Bei	Jian'ou	孰人
Min Dong	Fuzhou	底儂
	Fuqing	底儂
	Matsu	底儂
Min Nan	Xiamen	誰₂、誰₃、誰₄、是誰、啥儂、啥物儂、什物儂、底儂
	Quanzhou	誰₂、誰₄、是誰、啥儂
	Zhangzhou	誰₅、是誰、啥儂
	Taipei	啥物儂
	Kaohsiung	啥物儂
	Tainan	啥物儂
	Taichung	誰₅、啥儂
	Hsinchu	誰₂、啥物儂
	Lukang	啥物儂、誰₂
	Sanxia	啥儂
	Yilan	啥儂、誰₂
	Kinmen	誰₃
	Magong	誰₃
	Penang	誰誰、誰誰儂、是誰
	Singapore	啥儂、誰₂、是誰
	Pingnan	乜儂
	Chaozhou	底𫢗、𫢗
	Shantou	底𫢗
	Haifeng	𫢗、底𫢗
	Johor Bahru	底𫢗
	Haikou	誰₃
	Leizhou	誰₃、誰儂
Puxian Min	Putian	什儂
Puxian Min	Xianyou	什儂
Pinghua	Nanning	哪個
Wu	Shanghai	啥人
	Suzhou	啥人
	Hangzhou	哪個
	Wenzhou	何乜人、乜人、誰人、何人
	Chongming	何人
	Danyang	哪個
	Jinhua	哪個
	Ningbo	啥人、誰儂 dated
Xiang	Changsha	哪個、何至個 suburbs
	Shuangfeng	哪個
	Loudi	哪個、誰個
	Quanzhou	哪個

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 誰人 – see 啥人 (“(Min Nan) who”). (This term, 誰人, is a variant form of 啥人.)

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