素人

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素人

sùrén Mandarin, Pinyin
ㄙㄨˋ ㄖㄣˊ Mandarin, Bopomofo
sou³ jan⁴ Cantonese, Jyutping
sùrén Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
ㄙㄨˋ ㄖㄣˊ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
sùrén Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
su⁴-jên² Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
sù-rén Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
suhren Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
сужэнь Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
/su⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA
sou³ jan⁴ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
sou yàhn Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
sou³ yen⁴ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
/sou̯³³ jɐn²¹/ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou

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形譯詞自日語素(しろ)人(うと) (shirōto)。

noun

neologism 非專業人士
Similar: 初學者, 初学者, 新手, 初心者, 下手 · Opposite: 高手, 達人, 达人

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {素人},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E7%B4%A0%E4%BA%BA},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}