孤家寡人

Chinese

			I; we; "lonesome one"
trad. (孤家寡人)		孤家	寡人
simp. #(孤家寡人)		孤家	寡人
2nd round simp.		孤𡦼𠆣人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gūjiāguǎrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄍㄨㄚˇ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu¹ gaa¹ gwaa² jan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gūjiāguǎrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄍㄨㄚˇ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gujiaguǎrén
    • Wade–Giles: ku¹-chia¹-kua³-jên²
    • Yale: gū-jyā-gwǎ-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gujiagoaren
    • Palladius: гуцзягуажэнь (guczjaguažɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ ku̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gu¹ gaa¹ gwaa² jan⁴
    • Yale: gū gā gwá yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu¹ gaa¹ gwaa² jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu¹ ga¹ gua² yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː⁵⁵ kaː⁵⁵ kʷaː³⁵ jɐn²¹/

Idiom

孤家寡人

1. (humble, archaic) I; we; "your unworthy king" (first-person pronoun used by monarchs, similar to the royal we)
2. loner; one without followers