人 rén
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rén
noun
person; people; a human being
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: The measure word 个 is most frequently used. For example, 他们四个人 'the four of them' (Lao She, 2003, p. 224). However, other measure words, such as 口 and 名, may also be used. No measure word is used when referring to large numbers of people. For example, 数百万人 'millions of people.' (VOA, 2015-07-25) 人 is a common word in both modern and literary Chinese (Kroll 2015 '人' 1). 人 is the eighth most frequently used word in the Beijing Language Institute's 1985 frequency wordlist (CCD '人' 1; FE '人' 1; Ho 2002, '人' 1, NCCED '人' 1). -
rén
noun
Kangxi radical 9
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
Notes: Person (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7) -
rén
noun
a kind of person
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: For example, 中国人 'a Chinese person,' 北京人 'a person frm Beijing,' or 发言人 'spokesperson.' (CCD '人' 4; Ho 2002, '人' 2, NCCED '人' 2) In literary Chinese, the formula [name] ... [place of birth] 人 is frequently used in biographies. For example, 孫子武者,齊人也 'Sun Zi was a military strategist from the state of Qi.' (Shiji, Biographies of Sun Tzu and Wu Qi史記‧孫子吳起列傳) -
rén
noun
everybody
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CCD '人' 2; NCCED '人' 3) -
rén
noun
adult
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CCD '人' 3; NCCED '人' 4) -
rén
noun
somebody; others
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CCD '人' 5; NCCED '人' 5) For example, 祥子几乎和人打起来 'Xiangzi nearly got into a fight with some people.' (Lao She, 2003, p. 189) This sense is also used in literary Chinese (Kroll 2015 '人' 2). For example in literary Chinese, 其恕乎!己所不欲,勿施於人。 'Is not reciprocity such a word? What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.' (Lunyu 17:24, trans. by Legge 1861) -
rén
noun
an upright person
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Referring to a person's moral character (CCD '人' 6; NCCED '人' 6)
Contained in
- 绝代佳人(絕代佳人) beauty unmatched in her generation; woman of peerless elegance; prettiest girl ever
- 白发人送黑发人(白髮人送黑髮人) to see one's child die before oneself
- 好人 a virtuous person ; a nice guy; a good guy ; a beautiful person ; a healthy person ; a peacemaker; a mediator
- 待人接物 the way one treats people
- 惊人(驚人) astonishing
- 人次 person-times; visits
- 先进个人(先進個人) (official accolade) advanced individual; exemplary individual
- 蜘蛛人 Spider-Man, see 蜘蛛俠|蜘蛛侠 / nickname of French skyscraper climber Alain Robert
- 引人注目(引人註目) to attract people's attention
- 半人马座(半人馬座) Centaurus
- 印欧人(印歐人) Indo-European (person)
- 塔塔儿人(塔塔兒人) Tartar (person)
- 梵人 an Indian person
- 艾人 mugwort moulded into a human shape
- 人口数(人口數) population
- 藏人 Tibetan (person)
- 直立人 Homo erectus
- 个中人(個中人) a person in the know
- 闲人(閒人) idle person; idler; unconcerned person ; idle person; idler; unconcerned person
- 人类基因组计划(人類基因組計劃) Human Genome Project
- 渐冻人症(漸凍人症) amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); motor neurone disease (MND)
- 以人废言(以人廢言) to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects)
- 受托人(受託人) trustee
- 圉人 horse trainer; groom
- 仇人 an enemy
- 西域人 a person from the Western Regions
- 歼灭敌人(殲滅敌人) wipe out the enemy
- 舍己成人(捨己成人) to give up one's own interests to help other people
- 傲人 worthy of pride; impressive
- 汪星人 dog
- 人所共知 something that everybody knows
- 知人者智,自知者明 those who understand others are clever, but those who know themselves are truly wise (idiom, from Laozi's 道德經|道德经
- 辩人(辯人) an orator
- 人家 other people; somebody else ; household; dwelling ; family ; family of a woman's fiance ; he; she; they ; I; me; myself ; somebody else's home ; family status; famly background ; family property ; wife
- 打狗还得看主人(打狗還得看主人) when one beats a dog, one must answer to its master
- 政通人和 efficient government, people at peace; all is well with the state and the people
- 户给人足(戶給人足) every house has ample for each family member
- 礼多人不怪(禮多人不怪) nobody will find fault with extra courtesy
- 狂人 a madman
- 人之将死,其言也善(人之將死,其言也善) words of a man on his deathbed always come from the heart
- 穷人(窮人) the poor; a poor person
- 智人 Homo sapiens
- 做人情 to do a favor
- 假人像 an effigy
- 带路人(帶路人) a guide; fig. instructor
Also contained in
全国人大会议 、 甘夫人 、 人权和公民权宣言 、 中国人民银行 、 李劼人 、 柴契尔夫人
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- 卷四十四 志第二十四: 職官三 Volume 44 Treatises 24: Government Service 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 1392
- 卷四十八 志第三十八 百官三 Volume 48 Treatises 43: Official Posts 3 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 814
- 卷四十九上 志第三十九上 百官四上 Volume 49a Treatises 44: Official Posts 4a New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 606
- 卷七十四 志第五十 職官三 Volume 74 Treatises 50: Official Posts 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 526
- 卷四十一 志第二十二: 儀衞上 常朝儀衛內外立仗、常行儀衛行仗 法駕黃麾仗 Volume 41 Treatises 22: Ceremonial Guards 1 - Inner and Outer Armed Guards of Honor in Regular Court Assemblies; Marching Armed Guards; Armed Imperial Command Carriage History of Jin 金史 — count: 510
- 卷七十九 志第二十九: 輿服二 Volume 79 Treatises 32: Carriages and Clothes 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 482
- 卷28 志第23 百官下 Volume 28 Treatises 23: Government Offices 3 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 468
- 卷四十九下 志第三十九下 百官四下 Volume 49b Treatises 45: Official Posts 4b New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 441
- 卷四十七 志第三十七 百官二 Volume 47 Treatises 42: Official Posts 2 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 436
- 地官司徒 第二 2. Office of Earth and Minster of Education and Social Welfare Rites of Zhou 周禮 — count: 389
Collocations
- 一人 (一人) 繫一人之本 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 序 Preface — count: 22
- 硕人 (碩人) 碩人俁俁 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶‧簡兮 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Jian Xi — count: 12
- 人刺 (人刺) 衞人刺其上也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄘‧牆有茨 Lessons from the states - Odes of Yong - Qiang You Ci — count: 7
- 谮人 (譖人) 彼譖人者 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧節南山之什‧巷伯 Minor odes of the kingdom - Jie Nan Shan Zhi Shen - Xiang Bo — count: 5
- 候人 (候人) 候人 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧曹‧候人 Lessons from the states - Odes of Cao - Hou Ren — count: 4
- 衞人 (衞人) 衞人化其上 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶‧谷風 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Gu Feng — count: 4
- 周人 (周人) 周人怨思焉 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧王‧揚之水 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wang - Yang Zhi Shui — count: 4
- 谅人 (諒人) 不諒人只 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶‧柏舟 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Bo Zhou — count: 4
- 二人 (二人) 維予二人 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄭‧揚之水 Lessons from the states - Odes of Zheng - Yang Zhi Shui — count: 4
- 人东征 (人東征) 武人東征 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧魚藻之什‧漸漸之石 Minor odes of the kingdom - Yu Zao Zhi Shen - Jian Jian Zhi Shi — count: 3