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

• 没人味(沒人味) to be lacking in human character
• 贻人口实(貽人口實) to make oneself an object of ridicule
• 任人唯贤(任人唯賢) to appoint people according to their merit; appointment on the basis of ability and integrity
• 杀人如麻(殺人如麻) to kill people like scything flax; to kill people like flies
• 邻人(鄰人) neighbor
• 善人 a good person ; a charitable person; a benevolent person
• 杀人越货(殺人越貨) to kill somebody for his property; to murder for money
• 纽约人(紐約人) New Yorker
• 世界人权宣言(世界人權宣言) Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• 人时(人時) harvest season
• 收件人 addressee
• 人道救援 humanitarian aid
• 人力车(人力車) rickshaw
• 传人(傳人) to teach; to impart ; a disciple; descendant ; to call; to summon
• 人各有所好 everyone has their likes and dislikes; there is no accounting for taste; chacun son goût
• 撒都该人(撒都該人) Sadducees
• 人权团体(人權團體) human rights group
• 被上诉人(被上訴人) appellee (side that won in trial court, whose victory is being appealed by losing side)
• 涉嫌人 (criminal) suspect
• 合夥人 partner; associate
• 没有人烟(沒有人煙) uninhabited
• 双人房(雙人房) double room
• 屋里人(屋裡人) wife ; consort; concubine
• 党人(黨人) party member; partisan
• 名人 celebrity
• 人相学(人相學) physiognomy (judgment of a person's fate, character etc, based on facial features)
• 掘墓工人 grave digger
• 救人一命胜造七级浮屠(救人一命勝造七級浮屠) saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda
• 美人 beauty; belle
• 人造纤维(人造纖維) synthetic fiber
• 人人自危 everybody feels in danger
• 三人行 (slang) threesome
• 陌路人 stranger
• 诤人(諍人) dwarf
• 人道主义(人道主義) humanitarianism
• 危地马拉人(危地馬拉人) Guatemalan (person)
• 人头狮身(人頭獅身) sphinx
• 人子 son of man
• 人质(人質) a hostage
• 人手 manpower; staff; human hand
• 科技人员(科技人員) scientific and technical staff
• 人工费(人工費) labor cost
• 人类起源(人類起源) origin of mankind
• 没人(沒人) nobody ; able to swim underwater
• 恩人 a benefactor
• 健妇人(健婦人) strong woman
• 舍己就人(捨己就人) to give up one's own interests for other people
• 面人儿(麵人兒) dough figurine

Also contained in

鞞陀提夫人 、 周树人 、 第一人称

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Truncated for common words

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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