人 rén

1. 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).
2. rén noun Kangxi radical 9
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
   Notes: Person (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7)
3. 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)
4. rén noun everybody
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CCD '人' 2; NCCED '人' 3)
5. rén noun adult
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CCD '人' 3; NCCED '人' 4)
6. 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)
7. 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

• 发好人卡(發好人卡) to reject (by labeling a nice guy)
• 押寨夫人 the gang leader's wife
• 逗人喜爱(逗人喜愛) cute
• 家人 family members ; a servant ; a divination symbol
• 杞人之忧(杞人之憂) a person from Qi worries [about the sky falling]; to worry based on groundless concerns
• 预备役军人(預備役軍人) reserve troops
• 惹人注目 to attract attention; noticeable
• 无人飞行系统(無人飛行系統) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV); drone
• 铁人赛(鐵人賽) ironman; triathlon
• 人民 the people ; common people
• 万人之敌(萬人之敵) a match for ten thousand enemies
• 蛊惑人心(蠱惑人心) to stir up public sentiment by false statements ; to resort to demagogy
• 蛙人 frogman
• 局外人 outsider
• 汪星人 dog
• 知者不失人 a wise person does not err in regard to men
• 人来客往(人來客往) people come and guests go; many guests coming and going
• 主人 master; host ; sovereign
• 人来投主，鸟来投林(人來投主，鳥來投林) people come to help the host, birds come and settle in the forest
• 人文教育 humanities education
• 活动人士(活動人士) activist
• 人算不如天算 God's plans supersede our own; Man proposes but God disposes
• 网络红人(網絡紅人) Internet celebrity
• 畸人 an unusual person
• 人猿 orangutan
• 人文社会学科(人文社會學科) humanities and social sciences
• 收容人 inmate
• 吉人自有天报(吉人自有天報) a good person will naturally be rewarded
• 选举人(選舉人) a voter; an elector
• 众人敬仰(眾人敬仰) universally admired; highly esteemed by everyone
• 杀人狂(殺人狂) homicidal maniac
• 人事管理 personnel management
• 人民代表 deputy to the People's Congress
• 空无一人(空無一人) not a soul in sight
• 做人家 thrifty; economical
• 大会报告起草人(大會報告起草人) rapporteur
• 拉杰普特人(拉傑普特人) Rajput
• 人物 a person; a character in a play or novel; a protagonist
• 居里夫人 Marie Curie ; Marie Curie
• 杀人如芥(殺人如芥) to kill people like cutting grass
• 本国人(本國人) natives of one's own country
• 相配人 match (couple); persons well suited for each other
• 奇人 an eccentric; odd person; person of extraordinary talent
• 流动人口(流動人口) transient population; floating population
• 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
• 人类学(人類學) anthropology
• 吉普赛人(吉普賽人) Gypsy
• 工业机器人(工業機器人) an industrial robot

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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
• 卷五十七　志第三十八:　百官三 內命婦 宮人女職 東宮官屬 親王府屬 太后兩宮官屬 大興府 諸京留守司諸京城宮苑提舉等職 按察司 諸路總管府、諸府、諸節鎮、防禦、刺史、縣鎮等職 諸轉運泉谷等職 諸府鎮兵馬等職 諸猛安部族及群牧等職 Volume 57 Treatises 38: Official Posts 3 - Women of the Inner Court; Palace Women with Official Positions; East Palace officials; Prince's Residence Subordinates; Officials of the Empress Dowager's Two Palaces; Daxing Prefecture; Officials in Charge of Offices, Palaces, and Parks in the Capital; Surveillance Commissions; Circuit Inspectors; Prefecture Governments; Town Administration; Defenses; Magistrates; County and Town Officials; Transportation and Grain Officials; Officials in Charge of Military Forces in the Prefectures; Officals in Charge of Pacifying Savage Tribes and Pastoral Peoples History of Jin 金史 — count: 396

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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 狄人 (狄人) 狄人迫逐黎侯 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶‧旄丘 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Mao Qiu — count: 3
• 人美 (人美) 其人美且仁 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧齊‧盧令 Lessons from the states - Odes of Qi - Lu Ling — count: 3