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
- 诺曼底人(諾曼底人) Norman (people)
- 猎头人(獵頭人) head-hunter; headhunter; recruiter
- 无人驾驶(無人駕駛) unmanned
- 被告人 defendant (in legal case)
- 受害人 victim
- 生人 a stranger
- 西班牙人 Spaniard; Spanish person
- 人生路不熟 everything is unfamiliar
- 视若路人(視若路人) to view as strangers
- 杀人未遂(殺人未遂) attempted murder
- 人体解剖(人體解剖) human anatomy
- 冷语冰人(冷語冰人) to offend people with unkind remarks
- 百岁老人(百歲老人) centenarian
- 外人 outsider ; foreigner ; an estranged person ; a person from a different place
- 天要落雨，娘要嫁人 the rain will fall, the womenfolk will marry; the natural order of things
- 人行区(人行區) pedestrian precinct
- 宫人(宮人) imperial concubine; palace maid ; imperial secretary
- 租地人投标票权(租地人投標票權) occupation franchise
- 助人 to help others
- 看鸟人(看鳥人) a bird-watcher
- 那个人(那個人) that person; the person you have been looking for; Mr Right; the girl of one's dreams
- 惊人(驚人) astonishing
- 退伍军人节(退伍軍人節) Veterans' Day
- 盲人 a blind person
- 函人 armor maker
- 人户(人戶) people's housing
- 牧羊人 shepherd
- 爱尔兰人(愛爾蘭人) Irish person
- 人人皆知 known to everyone
- 见不得人(見不得人) unwilling to see people; shameful
- 人证(人證) witness testimony
- 圣诞老人(聖誕老人) Father Christmas; Santa Claus
- 沙特阿拉伯人 a Saudi; Saudi Arabian person
- 注册人(注冊人) registrant
- 一人得道，鸡犬升天(一人得道，雞犬升天) when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven; to ride on sb else's success; Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
- 废人(廢人) handicapped person; useless person
- 阉人(閹人) a castrate
- 驯马人(馴馬人) horse trainer
- 要人 important person
- 依人篱下(依人籬下) to sponge off somebody else
- 假人像 an effigy
- 人是铁饭是钢(人是鐵飯是鋼) one can't function properly on an empty stomach; an empty sack cannot stand upright
- 人工岛(人工島) artificial island
- 人心 popular feeling ; a person's character ; a kind heart ; repayment for good intentions
- 曲终人散(曲終人散) as the music finishes the people disperse
- 三桌客人 three tables of guests
- 非洲裔美国人(非洲裔美國人) an African American
- 人居 human habitat
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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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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