不求人

Chinese

		not; no	to seek; to look for; to request to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (不求人)		不	求	人
Literally: “to not seek help from others”.

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùqiúrén

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ kau⁴ jan⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): put-kiû-jîn / put-kiû-lîn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùqiúrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùcióurén
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-chʻiu²-jên²
  - Yale: bù-chyóu-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buchyouren
  - Palladius: буцюжэнь (bucjužɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʐən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ kau⁴ jan⁴
  - Yale: bāt kàuh yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ kau⁴ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ keo⁴ yen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ kʰɐu̯²¹ jɐn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Sanxia, Yilan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-kiû-jîn
  - Tâi-lô: put-kiû-jîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: putkiujiin
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ kiu²³⁻³³ zin²³/
  - IPA (Yilan): /put̚²⁻⁵ kiu²⁴⁻³³ d͡zin²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-kiû-lîn
  - Tâi-lô: put-kiû-lîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: putkiuliin
  - IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ kiu²⁴⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/

Noun

不求人

bamboo or wood backscratcher
(mahjong) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
(traditional Chinese medicine) Arisaema heterophyllum

Synonyms

(backscratcher):

(Harbin Mandarin) 老頭兒樂／老头儿乐, 癢癢撓兒／痒痒挠儿
(Liuzhou Mandarin) 抓癢耙／抓痒耙, 癢耙／痒耙, 癢癢撓／痒痒挠
(Wuhan Mandarin) 癢抓／痒抓, 抓癢／抓痒 (zhuāyǎng)
(Yangzhou Mandarin) 抓癢耙子／抓痒耙子
(Changsha) 癢抓子／痒抓子

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