丈人

Chinese

Pronunciation 1

		zhang (unit of measurement)	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (丈人)		丈	人
alternative forms		丈儂／丈侬 coastal Min

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Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): zhàngren

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄤˋ ˙ㄖㄣ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): җонжын (žonřɨn, III-I) / җонжын (žonřɨn, III-0)
Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng⁶ jan⁴
Gan (Wiktionary): cong⁵ in / cong⁵ nyin
Jin (Wiktionary): zon³ reng¹
Northern Min (KCR): diōng-nêng
Eastern Min (BUC): diòng-nè̤ng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tiūⁿ-lâng / tiòⁿ-lâng / tiǔⁿ-lâng / tiāuⁿ-lâng

(Teochew, Peng'im): diên⁶ nang⁵ / dion⁶ nang⁵
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶zaon-gnin / ⁴za-gnin₂

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhàngren
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄤˋ ˙ㄖㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhàngre̊n
  - Wade–Giles: chang⁴-jên⁵
  - Yale: jàng-ren
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: janq.ren
  - Palladius: чжанжэнь (čžanžɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ʐən¹/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: җонжын (žonřɨn, III-I) / җонжын (žonřɨn, III-0)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁴⁴ ʐəŋ²⁴/, /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁴⁴ ʐəŋ⁰/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zoeng⁶ jan⁴
  - Yale: jeuhng yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng⁶ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: zêng⁶ yen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœːŋ²² jɐn²¹/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    丈人
    象人
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: cong⁵ in / cong⁵ nyin
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔŋ¹¹ in¹/, /t͡sʰɔŋ¹¹ n̠ʲin¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: zon³ reng¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sɒ̃⁴⁵ ʐəŋ¹¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: diōng-nêng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiɔŋ⁵⁵ neiŋ³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: diòng-nè̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tuoŋ⁵³⁻³³ nˡøyŋ⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiūⁿ-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: tiūnn-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dviuxlaang
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiũ³³⁻²¹ laŋ²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiũ³³⁻¹¹ laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiũ²²⁻²¹ laŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiòⁿ-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: tiònn-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dvioirlaang
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔ̃²¹⁻⁵³ laŋ¹³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiǔⁿ-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: tiǔnn-lâng
  - IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /tiũ³³⁻²² laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiũ²² laŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiāuⁿ-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: tiāunn-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dviauxlaang
  - IPA (Penang): /tiãu²¹ laŋ²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: diên⁶ nang⁵ / dion⁶ nang⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tiĕⁿ nâng / tiŏⁿ nâng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tĩẽ³⁵⁻¹¹ naŋ⁵⁵/, /tĩõ³⁵⁻¹¹ naŋ⁵⁵/

Note:

diên6 nang5 - Chaozhou;
dion6 nang5 - Shantou.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zaon-gnin
  - MiniDict: zaon^去 nyin
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zaan-nyin
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zɑ̃²² n̠ʲin⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Tongxiang)
  - Wugniu: ⁴za-gnin₂
  - Sinological IPA (Tongxiang): /za⁴² n̠ʲin⁴²/

Middle Chinese: drjangX nyin

Rime
Character	丈	人
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	直兩切	如鄰切
Baxter	drjangX	nyin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖɨɐŋ^X/	/ȵiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖiɐŋ^X/	/ȵin/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiɑŋ^X/	/ȵʑjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖɨaŋ^X/	/ȵin/
Li Rong	/ȡiaŋ^X/	/ȵiĕn/
Wang Li	/ȡĭaŋ^X/	/ȵʑĭĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯aŋ^X/	/ȵʑi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhàng	rén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zoeng⁶	jan⁴

Noun

丈人

father-in-law (wife's father)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 岳父 (“father-in-law (wife's father)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		岳父, 岳丈
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	老丈人, 丈人
	Taiwan	岳父
	Ulanhot	老丈人
	Tongliao	老丈人
	Chifeng	老丈人
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	老丈人
	Harbin	老丈人
	Singapore	岳父
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	丈人, 老丈人, 岳父
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	丈爺, 丈人
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	丈人
	Wanrong	丈人
	Zhengzhou	老丈人, 丈人
	Xi'an	丈人爸, 丈人
	Xining	丈人
	Xuzhou	老丈人, 老丈母爹, 丈母爹, 老岳頭兒, 老岳
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	丈人
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	外父
	Bayanhot	外父
	Lanzhou	丈人爸
	Ürümqi	外父, 老丈人
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	老丈人, 岳父
	Wuhan	親爺, 老親爺, 丈人
	Guiyang	老丈人, 親爺
	Kunming	老丈人
	Liuzhou	丈人老, 岳父老
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	丈人, 老丈人
	Yangzhou	丈人
	Nantong	丈人
	Hefei	老丈人, 丈人
	Huanggang	妻爺
Cantonese	Guangzhou	外父, 丈人佬, 老外, 岳父, 岳丈
	Hong Kong	外父, 岳父
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	外父, 岳父, 主人公
	Foshan	外父
	Foshan (Shunde)	外父
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	外父佬
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	外父
	Taishan	外父
	Kaiping (Chikan)	外父
	Dongguan	丈人佬
	Shaoguan	外父, 外父佬
	Yunfu	外父佬
	Yangjiang	外老
	Xinyi	外父佬
	Lianjiang	外父佬
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	岳父, 外父
	Singapore (Guangfu)	岳父
	Yangon (Taishan)	老外, 外父
	Mandalay (Taishan)	外父
Gan	Nanchang	丈人, 丈人老子
	Lichuan	丈兒公
	Pingxiang	丈姨爺
Hakka	Meixian	丈人老, 岳父
	Xingning	丈老
	Huidong (Daling)	丈人老
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	丈人老
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	丈人老
	Changting	丈門老
	Wuping	丈人老
	Wuping (Pingyu)	丈人老
	Liancheng	丈母爺
	Ninghua	丈人
	Yudu	丈人, 丈人老
	Ruijin	丈人, 丈人爹
	Shicheng	丈人爹
	Shangyou (Shexi)	丈人老
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	丈人老, 岳父
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	丈人老, 岳父
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	丈人老, 岳父
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	丈人老, 岳父
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	丈人老, 岳父
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	丈㜷老
	Hong Kong	丈人老
	Sabah (Longchuan)	丈人老
	Senai (Huiyang)	丈人老
	Singkawang	丈人老
Huizhou	Jixi	丈人, 丈人老
Jin	Taiyuan	老丈人, 丈人
	Xinzhou	丈人, 老丈人, 外父
	Taibus (Baochang)	老丈人
	Linhe	外父
	Jining	外父
	Hohhot	外父
	Baotou	外父
	Dongsheng	外父
	Haibowan	外父
Northern Min	Jian'ou	丈人
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	丈儂
	Fuzhou (Changle)	丈儂
	Fuqing	丈儂
	Yongtai	丈儂
	Gutian	丈儂
	Fu'an	丈儂
	Ningde	丈儂
	Shouning	丈儂
	Zhouning	丈儂
	Fuding	丈面老
Southern Min	Xiamen	丈儂, 丈儂公
	Quanzhou	丈儂, 丈儂公
	Jinjiang	丈儂
	Zhangzhou	丈儂, 丈儂公
	Taipei	丈儂
	Kaohsiung	丈儂
	Yilan	丈儂, 丈儂仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	丈儂
	Taichung	丈儂
	Taichung (Wuqi)	丈儂
	Tainan	丈儂, 丈儂爸
	Taitung	丈儂
	Hsinchu	丈儂
	Penghu (Magong)	丈儂
	Penang (Hokkien)	丈儂
	Singapore (Hokkien)	丈儂
	Manila (Hokkien)	丈儂
	Longyan	丈翁老
	Chaozhou	丈儂
	Shantou	丈儂
	Jieyang	丈儂
	Haifeng	丈儂
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	丈儂
	Singapore (Teochew)	丈儂
	Leizhou	外家公, 外家公爸
	Wenchang	外家爸
	Haikou	外家爸
Puxian Min	Putian	丈儂
Puxian Min	Xianyou	丈儂, 丈儂公
Central Min	Yong'an	俺人, 丈人
Shaojiang Min	Shaowu	丈人, 丈人公
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	外父老, 岳父
Wu	Shanghai	丈人, 丈人阿伯, 丈人老頭, 泰山
	Shanghai (Chongming)	丈人
	Suzhou	丈人
	Danyang	老丈人, 丈人
	Hangzhou	丈人老頭兒
	Ningbo	丈人老頭, 丈人阿伯, 丈人
	Wenzhou	丈人老, 丈老, 丈人
	Jinhua	丈人
Xiang	Changsha	岳老子, 丈人老子, 九尺五
	Loudi	丈人公
	Shuangfeng	丈人家, 丈老子, 乾爺
	Hengyang	岳老子, 丈老子

Derived terms

Pronunciation 2

		zhang (unit of measurement)	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (丈人)		丈	人

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhàngrén

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄤˋ ㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng⁶ jan⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhàngrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄤˋ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhàngrén
  - Wade–Giles: chang⁴-jên²
  - Yale: jàng-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: janqren
  - Palladius: чжанжэнь (čžanžɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zoeng⁶ jan⁴
  - Yale: jeuhng yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng⁶ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: zêng⁶ yen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœːŋ²² jɐn²¹/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    丈人
    象人

Middle Chinese: drjangX nyin

Rime
Character	丈	人
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	直兩切	如鄰切
Baxter	drjangX	nyin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖɨɐŋ^X/	/ȵiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖiɐŋ^X/	/ȵin/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiɑŋ^X/	/ȵʑjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖɨaŋ^X/	/ȵin/
Li Rong	/ȡiaŋ^X/	/ȵiĕn/
Wang Li	/ȡĭaŋ^X/	/ȵʑĭĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯aŋ^X/	/ȵʑi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhàng	rén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zoeng⁶	jan⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]raŋʔ ni[ŋ]/

(Zhengzhang): /*daŋʔ njin/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	丈	人
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhàng	rén
Middle Chinese	‹ drjang^X ›	‹ nyin ›
Old Chinese	/*[d]raŋʔ/	/*ni[ŋ]/
English	ten feet	(other) person
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	丈	人
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	16836	10800
Phonetic component	丈	人
Rime group	陽	眞
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	丈	仁
Old Chinese	/*daŋʔ/	/*njin/

Noun

丈人

(archaic) venerable old man
(archaic) head of a household; family head; patriarch
(archaic, of a married woman) one's husband
(archaic) paternal grandfather (one's father's father)

Derived terms

References

“Entry #218”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

Korean

Hanja in this term
丈	人

Noun

丈人 • (jang'in) (hangeul 장인)

hanja form^? of 장인 (“wife's father”)