COMMONER    老百姓

HUMAN of less than NOBLE status.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. Pǐ fū 匹夫 (ant. jūn zǐ 君子 "gentleman; freeman") and the rarer xì rén 細人 is a purely sociological term referring to a person without public office. 2. Xiǎo rén 小人 (ant. jūn zǐ 君子 ) is a term of moral or personal appraisal and refers to a person of minor worth or of no moral merit.
Antonym
  • NOBLEIMPORTANT BECAUSE of RANK OR MORAL WISDOM.
Hypernym
  • HUMAN　ANIMAL which HAS TWO LEGS AND LACKS FEATHERS. (anc: 6/0, child: 31)
  • ANIMAL　CREATURE ABLE to FEEL AND MOVE. (anc: 5/0, child: 12)
  • CREATURE　LIVING THING. (anc: 4/0, child: 3)

Words (2 items)

布衣  bù yī OC: paas qɯl MC: puo̝ ʔɨi 8 Attributions

    Syntactic words
  • NP[adN]N=humanmere commoner; person wearing ordinary clothes and not entitled to wear official garments
  • NPadN(wearing ordinary clothes >) of a humble originLZ
而夫  ér fū MC: nyi pju OC: njɯ pa 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • NPordinary person; ordinary officialCH