邊緣人

See also: 边缘人

Chinese

		edge; brim; verge edge; brim; verge; margin; marginal; frontier	man; person; people
trad. (邊緣人)		邊緣	人
simp. (边缘人)		边缘	人
Literally: “marginal person”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biānyuánrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢ ㄩㄢˊ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bin¹ jyun⁴ jan⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pian-iân-lâng / pian-iân-jîn / pian-iân-lîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biānyuánrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢ ㄩㄢˊ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bianyuánrén
    • Wade–Giles: pien¹-yüan²-jên²
    • Yale: byān-ywán-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bianyuanren
    • Palladius: бяньюаньжэнь (bjanʹjuanʹžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɥɛn³⁵ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bin¹ jyun⁴ jan⁴
    • Yale: bīn yùhn yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bin¹ jyn⁴ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bin¹ yun⁴ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːn⁵⁵ jyːn²¹ jɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pian-iân-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: pian-iân-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pien'ienlaang
    • IPA (Xiamen): /piɛn⁴⁴⁻²² iɛn²⁴⁻²² laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɛn⁴⁴⁻²² iɛn¹³⁻²² laŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /piɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ iɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛn³³ iɛn²⁴⁻²² laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ iɛn²³⁻³³ laŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pian-iân-jîn
    • Tâi-lô: pian-iân-jîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pien'ienjiin
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ iɛn²³⁻³³ zin²³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pian-iân-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: pian-iân-lîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pien'ienliin
    • IPA (Taipei): /piɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ iɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/

Noun

邊緣人

1. (sociology) marginal man; marginal man theory
2. (Taiwan, Internet slang) person who lacks friends; loner; outsider; outcast

   • 邊緣人，從字面上就可以知道，就是沒屬於自己的團體，在班上較沒定位的一種人 [MSC, trad.]
     边缘人，从字面上就可以知道，就是没属于自己的团体，在班上较没定位的一种人 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2020, 炫在哪裡 , "【我的理想大學】邊緣人究竟好不好?幾種觀點讓你思考 "

     biānyuánrén, cóng zìmiàn shàng jiù kěyǐ zhīdào, jiùshì méi shǔyú zìjǐ de tuántǐ, zài bān shàng jiào méi dìngwèi de yīzhǒng rén [Pinyin]

     A loner, can be known by literal understanding, is a person without any groups belongs to, lack of position in a class.

   • 部分地區民眾有收到國家級警報，但也有許多人說自己成為「國家邊緣人」，手機完全沒有反應。 [MSC, trad.]
     部分地区民众有收到国家级警报，但也有许多人说自己成为「国家边缘人」，手机完全没有反应。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2021, 中央通訊社 (CNA), "地震國家級警報預計5月起全台標準一致 北市改4級以上才發布"

     Bùfēn dìqū mínzhòng yǒu shōudào guójiā jí jǐngbào, dàn yě yǒu xǔduō rén shuō zìjǐ chéngwéi “guójiā biānyuánrén”, shǒujī wánquán méiyǒu fǎnyìng. [Pinyin]

     People in some regions have received presidential alert, but there are many people who said they have become presidential outsider, whose phone are completely unresponsive.

References

• “邊緣人”, in 台語新詞辭庫 [Taiwanese Hokkien Neologism Dictionary] (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), 2023.