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)

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• 丰俭由人(豐儉由人) fancy or simple according to somebody's budget
• 猿人 primitive man; Homo erectus
• 报录人(報錄人) bearer of good news (especially announcing success in imperial examinations)
• 猎人(獵人) a hunter
• 那个人(那個人) that person; the person you have been looking for; Mr Right; the girl of one's dreams
• 人墙(人牆) wall
• 逢人便讲(逢人便講) to tell anybody one happens to meet
• 先发制人(先發制人) strike first and gain the advantage over others
• 人亡家破 to ruin a family and cause the death of family members
• 无人飞机(無人飛機) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV); drone
• 人情 human feelings; princiles of human nature ; a favour ; a gift ; etiquette; courtesy ; a human emotion ; friendship
• 接人 to meet a person
• 人缘儿(人緣兒) human relations
• 人文 humanities ; human affairs ; culture
• 大人不记小人过(大人不記小人過) a person of great moral stature does not remember the offenses committed by one of low moral stature
• 什么人(什麼人) who?; what (kind of) person?
• 老吾老，以及人之老，幼吾幼，以及人之幼 to honor old people as we do our own aged parents, and care for other's children as one's own
• 人定胜天(人定勝天) man can conquer nature; human wisdom can prevail over nature
• 男人婆 tomboy
• 熟人熟事 familiar
• 无人不知(無人不知) known to everybody
• 心上人 sweetheart; one's beloved
• 人不可貌相，海水不可斗量 you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot
• 合伙人 partner; associate
• 因人而异(因人而異) varying from person to person; different for each individual
• 创立人(創立人) founder
• 高人 very able person
• 人心不古 the men of today are sadly degenerated
• 无人不晓(無人不曉) known to everyone
• 大忙人 busy bee; very busy person
• 人肉 human flesh ; to dox
• 主要人物 an important figure
• 人流 stream of people ; abortion
• 人心所向 that which is yearned for by the public
• 令人振奋(令人振奮) inspiring; exciting; rousing
• 讨人(討人) girl trafficked into a brothel to work as prostitute
• 多素心人 simple-minded men
• 持续性植物人状态(持續性植物人狀態) persistent vegetative state
• 塔塔儿人(塔塔兒人) Tartar (person)
• 为人(為人) behavior; personal conduct ; a person's external appearance ; to be human ; to have sexual intercourse
• 创始人(創始人) creator; founder; initiator
• 私人机构(私人機構) private organization
• 哲人其萎 a wise man has passed away
• 经纪人(經紀人) an agent; a middleman; a broker
• 人工耳蜗(人工耳蝸) cochlear implant
• 欧洲人(歐洲人) European (person)
• 人非物换(人非物換) people and scenery change
• 太空人 astronaut

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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
• 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
• 维人 (維人) 無競維人 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧蕩之什‧抑 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Dang - Yi — count: 3