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

• 不近人情 not amenable to reason; unreasonable
• 大男人主义(大男人主義) male chauvinism
• 讹人(訛人) to blackmail; to extort
• 人体解剖学(人體解剖學) human anatomy
• 人为刀俎，我为鱼肉(人為刀俎，我為魚肉) to be the meat on sb's chopping block; to be at sb's mercy
• 校对人(校對人) proofreader
• 人民代表 deputy to the People's Congress
• 亡人 a fugitive ; someone who has passed away ; you devil
• 管理人 supervisor; manager; administrator
• 人伦(人倫) human relations ; humankind ; a talented person ; to choose a talented person
• 人体工学(人體工學) ergonomics
• 擒人节(擒人節) (jocularly) Valentine's Day
• 圣人(聖人) a sage ; the Sage [Confucius] ; the Sage [Emperor] ; sake ; a saint
• 二号人物(二號人物) second best person; second-rate person
• 吃人不吐骨头(吃人不吐骨頭) ruthless; vicious and greedy
• 不是一家人不进一家门(不是一家人不進一家門) people who don't belong together, don't get to live together; marriages are predestined; people marry because they share common traits
• 申请人(申請人) applicant
• 俏佳人 a pretty woman
• 讨人(討人) girl trafficked into a brothel to work as prostitute
• 认人儿(認人兒) to recognize people
• 投资人(投資人) investor
• 近人 contemporary; modern person ; close friend; associate; intimate
• 杀人鲸(殺人鯨) killer whale
• 中国人权组织(中國人權組織) Human Rights in China (New York-based expatriate PRC organization)
• 掳人勒赎(擄人勒贖) kidnapping for ransom
• 被执行人(被執行人) person who has failed to fulfill a court order
• 为人者天(為人者天) people were created by heaven
• 杞人之忧(杞人之憂) a person from Qi worries [about the sky falling]; to worry based on groundless concerns
• 外国人(外國人) foreigner
• 行人安全岛(行人安全島) pedestrian refuge; traffic island
• 以人废言(以人廢言) to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects)
• 令人钦佩(令人欽佩) admirable
• 舍己就人(捨己就人) to give up one's own interests for other people
• 为人(為人) behavior; personal conduct ; a person's external appearance ; to be human ; to have sexual intercourse
• 安人 to pacify the people ; landlady ; wife
• 正人君子 upright gentleman; man of honor
• 出人意外 turned out other than expected; unexpected
• 舍人 a palace attendant ; a hotel owner ; a rich and important person ; Sheren
• 十年树木，百年树人(十年樹木，百年樹人) It takes ten years to nurture a tree, but a hundred years to train a man . A good education program takes a long time to develop.
• 盲人 a blind person
• 损人不利己(損人不利己) to harm others without benefiting oneself
• 让人羡慕(讓人羨慕) enviable; to be admired
• 枕边人(枕邊人) the person who shares your bed; partner; spouse
• 游人(遊人) a tourist
• 盲人摸象 blind people touch an elephant; unable to see the big picture; to mistake the part for the whole; unable to see the wood for the trees

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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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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