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Jyutping si4 jan4
Pinyin shí rén

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, literary
    this person
  2. noun, literary
    people at that time; people of the time; contemporaries
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Examples (Tatoeba—Cantonese-English)
  1. Cantonese
    你寻日喺我办工室度见到𠮶个人系比利时人嚟嘅。
    你尋日喺我辦工室度見到嗰個人係比利時人嚟嘅。
    nei5 cam4 jat6 hai2 ngo5 baan6 gung1 sat1 dou6 gin3 dou3 go2 go3 jan4 hai6 bei2 lei6 si4 jan4 lai4 ge3 。
    • The man you saw in my office yesterday is from Belgium.
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    当时人们就知道,地球是个球体。
    當時人們就知道,地球是個球體。
    dāng shí rén men jiù zhī dào , dì qiú shì gè qiú tǐ 。
    • People in those days already knew that the earth is round.
    • Then people knew, that the world is a sphere.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    有时人与人之间嘅感情,系唔可以用时间嘅长短去衡量。
    有時人與人之間嘅感情,係唔可以用時間嘅長短去衡量。
    jau5 si4 jan4 jyu5 jan4 zi1 gaan1 ge3 gam2 cing4, hai6 m4 ho2 ji5 jung6 si4 gaan3 ge3 coeng4 dyun2 heoi3 hang4 loeng6.
    • Sometimes the feelings between people cannot be measured by the length of time (they've known each other).
  2. Cantonese
    好多嘢都系各花入各眼啫,你觉得丑时人地可能觉得好好睇呢。
    好多嘢都係各花入各眼啫,你覺得醜時人地可能覺得好好睇呢。
    • Different strokes for different folks. It is possible that you consider something ugly and others think it is good-looking.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    因为那时人要专顾自己、贪爱钱财、自夸、狂傲、谤𮙋、违背父母、忘恩负义、心不圣洁
    因為那時人要專顧自己、貪愛錢財、自誇、狂傲、謗𮙋、違背父母、忘恩負義、心不聖潔
    yīn wèi nà shí rén yào zhuān gù zì jǐ , tā nài qián cái , zì kuā , kuán gào , bàng dú , wéi bèi fù mǔ , wàn gēn fù yì , xīn bù shèng jié
    • For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy