啥人

Chinese

		(dialect) what	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (啥人)		啥	人
alternative forms		薩寧／萨宁 Shanghainese 啥儂／啥侬 Hokkien 甚人／什人 Hokkien 甚儂／什侬 Hokkien 誰人／谁人 Hokkien 薩寧／萨宁 Shanghainese 啥儂／啥侬 Hokkien 甚人／什人 Hokkien 甚儂／什侬 Hokkien 誰人／谁人 Hokkien 誰儂／谁侬 Hokkien 誰／谁 Hokkien contraction 倽 Hokkien contraction 上 Hokkien contraction 仩 Hokkien contraction

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siáⁿ-lâng / sáⁿ-lâng / siâng / sâng / siáng
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁵sa-gnin₆ / ⁵sa-gnin₂ / ⁷soq-gnin₂; ⁵sou₁-gnin₂; ⁵so₁-gnin₂

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese, Sanxia, Yilan, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siáⁿ-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: siánn-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sviaflaang
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /siã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Singapore): /siã⁴²⁻²⁴ laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Yilan): /siã⁵³⁻⁵⁵ laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /siã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ laŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sáⁿ-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: sánn-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: svaflaang
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ¹³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Jinjiang, Lukang, Yilan, Hsinchu, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siâng
  - Tâi-lô: siâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siaang
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Jinjiang, Lukang, Yilan, Singapore): /siaŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siaŋ²³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sâng
  - Tâi-lô: sâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: saang
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /saŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siáng
  - Tâi-lô: siáng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siarng
  - IPA (Taipei): /siaŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siaŋ⁴¹/

Note: siâng, sâng, siáng - contractions.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵sa-gnin₆
  - MiniDict: sa^去 nyin^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²sa-nyin₃
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sa³³ n̠ʲin⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ⁵sa-gnin₂
  - MiniDict: sa^去 nyin^平
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /sɑ⁵² n̠ʲin³³/
- (Northern: Ningbo)
  - Wugniu: ⁷soq-gnin₂; ⁵sou₁-gnin₂; ⁵so₁-gnin₂
  - MiniDict: soh^入 nyin^平; sou^平 nyin^平; so^平 nyin^平
  - Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /soʔ⁵⁵ n̠ʲiŋ³³/, /səu⁵⁵ n̠ʲiŋ³³/, /so⁵⁵ n̠ʲiŋ³³/

Pronoun

啥人

(dialectal Mandarin, Hokkien, Wu) who
啥人曉得今朝夜裏停電？ [Shanghainese, trad.]
啥人晓得今朝夜里停电？ [Shanghainese, simp.]
⁵sa-gnin ⁵shiau-teq ¹cin-zau ⁶ya-li ⁶din ⁶di [Wugniu]
Who had known that there will be a blackout tonight?
- (Can we date this quote?), “家後 [Wife]”, performed by 江蕙 [Jody Chiang]:
  
  人情世事已經看透透，有啥人比你卡重要？ [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  人情世事已经看透透，有啥人比你卡重要？ [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  Lîn-chêng-sè-sū í-keng khòaⁿ-thàu-thàu, ū siáⁿ-lâng pí lí khah tiōng-iàu? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  [I] have already thoroughly seen the ways of the world. Who is more important than you?
- 2023, Wong Kar-wai, 繁花 [fánhuā, Blossoms Shanghai], episode 1, spoken by Ah Bao (Hu Ge):
  
  儂尋啥人啊？ [Shanghainese, trad.]
  侬寻啥人啊？ [Shanghainese, simp.]
  ⁶non ⁶zhin ⁵sa-gnin₆-a₀ [Wugniu]
  Who are you looking for?

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 誰 (“who; whom”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		誰₁, 疇, 孰, 誰人, 何人, 何者, 阿誰
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		誰₁, 誰人
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	誰₁
	Taiwan	誰₁
	Ulanhot	誰₁
	Tongliao	誰₁
	Chifeng	誰₁, 誰們 plural
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	誰₁
	Harbin	誰₁
	Shenyang	誰₁
	Malaysia	誰₁
	Singapore	誰₁
	Olginsky (Mikhaylovka)	誰₁
Jilu Mandarin	Weifang (Weicheng)	誰₁
	Weifang (Fangzi)	誰₁
	Changle	誰₁
	Shouguang	誰₁
	Wulian	誰₁
	Jinan	誰₁
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	誰₁
	Qingdao	誰₁
	Weifang (Hanting)	誰₁
	Changyi	誰₁
	Gaomi	誰₁
	Zhucheng	誰₁
	Anqiu	誰₁
	Linqu	誰₁
	Qingzhou	誰₁
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	誰₁
	Wanrong	哪𠰻
	Wanrong (Ronghe)	啥外
	Zhengzhou	誰₁
	Xi'an	誰₁
	Xining	阿個, 阿一個, 啥人
	Yanqi	誰₁
	Xuzhou	誰₁, 哪個
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	誰₁
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	誰₁
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	誰₁
	Bayanhot	誰₁, 誰們 plural
	Lanzhou	誰₁, 誰個, 誰們
	Ürümqi	誰₁, 誰一個, 誰們
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	哪個, 啥子人
	Wuhan	哪個, 啥個
	Guiyang	哪個
	Kunming	哪個
	Guilin	誰₁, 哪個
	Liuzhou	哪個, 哪人
	Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine)	哪個
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	哪個
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	哪個
	Yangzhou	哪個, 哪一個
	Nantong	哪個, 哪一個, 哪個人
	Hefei	哪個, 哈個
	Huanggang	哪個, 啥個
Cantonese	Guangzhou	邊個, 乜誰, 乜人, 阿誰
	Hong Kong	邊個, 乜誰, 阿誰
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	邊個, 哪誰
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	阿誰
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	哪誰
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	哪誰人
	Macau	邊個
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	邊個
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	乜誰
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	乜誰
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	乜誰
	Foshan	邊個
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	邊個
	Foshan (Shunde)	邊個
	Foshan (Sanshui)	邊個
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	邊個
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	邊個
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	邊個
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	邊個, 乜誰
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	阿誰
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	邊個
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	誰, 邊個
	Taishan	阿誰
	Kaiping (Chikan)	乜誰, 阿誰, 乜人
	Enping (Niujiang)	哥誰
	Heshan (Yayao)	唔個
	Dongguan	鼠個, 乜誰
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	乜誰
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	哪人
	Qingyuan	邊個
	Fogang	邊個
	Yingde (Hanguang)	邊個
	Shaoguan	邊個
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	邊個
	Renhua	邊個
	Lechang	邊個
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	乜誰
	Sihui	邊個
	Guangning	邊個
	Deqing	邊個
	Yunfu	邊個
	Xinxing	不個
	Luoding	邊個
	Yangjiang	乜誰
	Xinyi	乜人, 乜誰
	Lianjiang	乜人
	Nanning	邊個
	Wuzhou	邊個
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	乜人
	Baise	邊個
	Qinzhou	乜人, 邊人, 邊個
	Beihai	乜人
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	乜人
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	邊個, 乜人
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	乜人
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	邊個
	Singapore (Guangfu)	邊個
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	邊個
	Móng Cái	乜人
Gan	Nanchang	哪個
	Lichuan	哪個
	Pingxiang	哪仔, 哪個仔
Hakka	Meixian	麼人, 哪儕
	Xingning	哪隻
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	哪誰, 哪隻
	Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua)	哪誰
	Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua)	哪誰
	Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua)	哪誰
	Huidong (Daling)	哪隻, 哪人
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	哪人, 麼個人
	Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua)	哪誰
	Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua)	哪誰
	Boluo (Bendihua)	哪誰
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	哪下
	Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng)	哪下, 哪下人
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	哪下
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	哪人
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	哪儕
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	哪儕, 麼人
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	麼人, 哪儕
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	哪誰
	Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua)	哪誰
	Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua)	哪隻
	Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua)	哪隻
	Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua)	哪隻
	Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua)	哪咧
	Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua)	哪個
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	哪個
	Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua)	哪
	Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua)	哪人, 哪個
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	哪儕
	Liannan	哪人
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	哪人
	Jiexi	哪儕
	Changting	哪個, 哪個哩
	Wuping	哪個, 麼人
	Wuping (Pingyu)	麼人
	Liancheng	哪個, 麼人
	Ninghua	台人
	Ruijin	哪人, 哪個
	Shicheng	斯里
	Shangyou (Shexi)	哪人, 哪個人
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	麼人, 麼儕, 哪儕
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	麼人, 麼儕
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	麼人, 麼儕, 哪儕
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	麼人, 麼儕, 哪儕
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	麼人, 麼儕, 哪儕
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	麼儕, 哪儕
	Hong Kong	哪人
	Luchuan	麼人
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	麼人
	Sabah (Longchuan)	哪人
	Senai (Huiyang)	麼人
	Kuching (Hepo)	哪儕
	Singkawang	麼儕
Huizhou	Jixi	哪個
	Shexian	哪個
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	哪個
	Xiuning	哪個
	Yixian	哪個
	Qimen	何望
	Wuyuan	何一個, 唆羅
	Fuliang	誰個
	Dexing	麼人
	Jingde	哪個
Jin	Taiyuan	誰₁, 誰們 usually plural
	Pingyao	誰₁, 誰家 plural, 誰家們家 plural, 誰們 plural
	Xinzhou	誰₁, 誰們 usually plural
	Taibus (Baochang)	誰₁, 誰們 plural
	Linhe	誰₁, 誰們 plural
	Jining	誰₁, 誰們 plural
	Hohhot	誰₁, 誰們 plural
	Baotou	誰₁, 誰們 plural
	Dongsheng	誰₁, 誰們 plural
	Haibowan	誰₁, 誰們 plural
Northern Min	Jian'ou	孰人, 孰麼人
	Songxi	哪人
	Zhenghe	孰麼人
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	哪隻, 若隻
	Jianyang	孰人
	Wuyishan	什麼人
	Pucheng (Shibei)	孰人, 孰麼人
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	底儂
	Fuzhou (Changle)	底儂
	Fuqing	底儂, 什乇儂
	Pingtan	底儂
	Yongtai	底儂
	Gutian	底儂
	Fu'an	底儂
	Ningde	底儂, 儂
	Shouning	呢乇儂, 哪個
	Zhouning	底儂
	Fuding	乇儂
	Matsu	底儂
	Singapore (Fuqing)	底儂
Southern Min	Xiamen	誰₂, 誰₃, 誰₄, 是誰, 啥儂, 啥物儂, 什物儂, 底儂
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	啥儂, 誰₂
	Quanzhou	誰₂, 誰₄, 是誰, 啥儂
	Jinjiang	啥儂, 誰₂
	Nan'an	啥儂, 誰₂
	Shishi	啥儂, 誰₂
	Hui'an	啥儂, 誰₂
	Anxi	啥儂, 誰₂
	Yongchun	底儂, 誰₃
	Dehua	底儂, 誰₃
	Zhangzhou	誰₅, 是誰, 啥儂, 哪儂, 什物儂, 佗一股, 佗一個, 佗一
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	誰₅
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	誰₅
	Hua'an	底股
	Nanjing	誰₅
	Pinghe	誰₅
	Zhangpu	誰₅
	Yunxiao	誰₅
	Zhao'an	什物儂
	Dongshan	是誰, 底儂
	Taipei	啥物儂
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	啥儂
	Kaohsiung	啥物儂
	Yilan	啥儂, 誰₂
	Changhua (Lukang)	啥物儂, 誰₂
	Taichung	誰₅, 啥儂
	Tainan	啥物儂
	Hsinchu	誰₂, 啥物儂
	Kinmen	誰₃, 啥儂, 誰₂
	Penghu (Magong)	誰₃
	Penang (Hokkien)	誰誰, 誰誰儂, 是誰
	Singapore (Hokkien)	啥儂, 誰₂, 啥物儂, 是誰, 誰₃
	Manila (Hokkien)	誰仔, 啥儂
	Longyan	底儂, 誰₂
	Zhangping	底儂, 誰₂
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	誰₁
	Datian	什儂, 底儂
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	乜儂
	Guilin (Biyange)	乜儂
	Chaozhou	底𫢗, 𫢗
	Shantou	底𫢗, 底儂
	Shantou (Chenghai)	底𫢗
	Jieyang	底𫢗
	Haifeng	𫢗, 底𫢗
	Bangkok (Teochew)	底𫢗
	Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew)	底𫢗
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	底𫢗
	Singapore (Teochew)	底𫢗
	Pontianak (Teochew)	底𫢗
	Leizhou	誰₃, 誰儂
	Wenchang	誰₃
	Haikou	誰₃
Puxian Min	Putian	甚儂, 方儂
Puxian Min	Xianyou	甚儂, 底儂
Central Min	Yong'an	誰儕, 何隻
	Sanming (Sanyuan)	何隻
	Sanming (Shaxian)	啥人
	Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping)	誰人
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	底儂
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	底儂
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	哪個
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	哪個
Shehua	Luoyuan	什人
	Sanming	哪個
	Shunchang	什人
	Guixi (Zhangping)	什個人
	Jingning (Hexi)	哪個
	Lishui	哪個
	Longyou	哪個
	Chaozhou	哪個
	Fengshun	麼人
Waxiang	Luxi (Lijiatian)	何條
Wu	Shanghai	啥人
	Shanghai (Xinzhuang, Minhang)	哈人
	Shanghai (Fengxian)	哈人
	Shanghai (Jinshan)	哈人
	Shanghai (Qingpu)	哈人
	Shanghai (Chongming)	哈人
	Suzhou	啥人
	Wuxi	啥人
	Danyang	哪個, 點高人
	Hangzhou	哪個
	Ningbo	啥人, 誰儂 dated
	Wenzhou	何乜人, 乜人, 誰人, 何人
	Jinhua	哪個
Xiang	Changsha	哪個, 何至個 suburbs
	Xiangtan	哪個, 哪
	Loudi	哪個, 誰個
	Shuangfeng	哪個
	Quanzhou	哪個

Derived terms

仙人拍鼓有時錯，跤步踏差啥人無 / 仙人拍鼓有时错，跤步踏差啥人无 (sian-jîn phah kó͘ iú sî chhò, kha-pō͘ ta̍h-chha siáⁿ-lâng bô) (Min Nan)
誰仔 / 谁仔 (siâng-â)

References

(Min Nan) “啥人”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.