故人

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故人

gùrén Mandarin, Pinyin
ㄍㄨˋ ㄖㄣˊ Mandarin, Bopomofo
gu³ jan⁴ Cantonese, Jyutping
gùrén Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
ㄍㄨˋ ㄖㄣˊ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
gùrén Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
ku⁴-jên² Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
gù-rén Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
guhren Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
гужэнь Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
/ku⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA
gu³ jan⁴ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
gu yàhn Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
gu³ yen⁴ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
/kuː³³ jɐn²¹/ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
kuH nyin Middle Chinese
/*kˤaʔ-s ni[ŋ]/ Old Chinese, Baxter–Sagart
/*kaːs njin/ Old Chinese, Zhengzhang

noun

literary 老朋友，舊友故人具雞黍，邀我至田家。
literary 已經死去的人
Similar: 亡人, 亡者, 往生者, 死人, 死者, 瓜碼子, 瓜码子, 聖人, 圣人, 逝者
literary 以前的配偶或戀人新人從門入，故人從閤去。新人工織縑，故人工織素。

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {故人},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E6%95%85%E4%BA%BA},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}