人人自危

Chinese

		everyone; everybody; all of us
simp. and trad. (人人自危)		人人	自危

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rénrénzìwēi, rénrénzìwéi

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄗˋ ㄨㄟ, ㄖㄣˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄗˋ ㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ jan⁴ zi⁶ ngai⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): jîn-lâng-chū-gûi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rénrénzìwēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄗˋ ㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rénrénzìhwei
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-jên²-tzŭ⁴-wei¹
    • Yale: rén-rén-dz̀-wēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renrentzyhuei
    • Palladius: жэньжэньцзывэй (žɛnʹžɛnʹczyvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ ʐən³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ weɪ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rénrénzìwéi
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄗˋ ㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rénrénzìhwéi
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-jên²-tzŭ⁴-wei²
    • Yale: rén-rén-dz̀-wéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renrentzyhwei
    • Palladius: жэньжэньцзывэй (žɛnʹžɛnʹczyvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ ʐən³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ jan⁴ zi⁶ ngai⁴
    • Yale: yàhn yàhn jih ngàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ jan⁴ dzi⁶ ngai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ yen⁴ ji⁶ ngei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ jɐn²¹ t͡siː²² ŋɐi̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jîn-lâng-chū-gûi
    • Tâi-lô: jîn-lâng-tsū-guî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jinlangzuxguii
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zin²³⁻³³ laŋ²³⁻³³ t͡su³³⁻²¹ ɡui²³/

Idiom

人人自危

1. to be in a tense and terrible situation, causing people to be in uneasy and worried

   • 法令誅罰日益刻深，群臣人人自危，欲畔者衆。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     法令诛罚日益刻深，群臣人人自危，欲畔者众。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

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

     Fǎlìng zhūfá rìyì kèshēn, qúnchén rénrénzìwēi, yù pàn zhě zhòng. [Pinyin]

     At this time, the laws and ordinances, penalties and punishments were day by day more severe. Each of the court officials felt himself in danger and many people wanted to revolt.