賈人

Chinese

		merchant; to buy	man; person; people
trad. (賈人)		賈	人
simp. (贾人)		贾	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǔrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄖㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǔrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔrén
    • Wade–Giles: ku³-jên²
    • Yale: gǔ-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guuren
    • Palladius: гужэнь (gužɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/

Noun

賈人

1. (literary) merchant; businessperson

   • 天下已平，高祖乃令賈人不得衣絲乘車，重租稅以困辱之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     天下已平，高祖乃令贾人不得衣丝乘车，重租税以困辱之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Tiānxià yǐ píng, Gāozǔ nǎi lìng gǔrén bùdé yì sī chéngchē, zhòng zūshuì yǐ kùnrǔ zhī. [Pinyin]

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Synonyms

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• 商人 (shāngrén)
• 商家佬 (soeng¹ gaa¹ lou²) (Cantonese)
• 商民 (shāngmín) (formal)
• 生意人 (shēngyirén)
• 生意佬 (saang¹ ji³ lou², “businessman”) (Cantonese)
• 生理人 (Hakka, Hokkien)
• 老客 (lǎokè) (literary)