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

• 人尽其才(人盡其才) employ one's talent to the fullest; everyone gives of their best
• 人工呼吸 artificial respiration
• 中国残疾人联合会(中國殘疾人聯合會) China Disabled Persons' Federation
• 人道主义(人道主義) humanitarianism
• 如夫人 concubine
• 空无一人(空無一人) not a soul in sight
• 人字拖鞋 flip-flops; flip-flop sandals; thongs
• 人口学(人口學) demography
• 认人(認人) to recognize people (of babies); to be able to tell people apart
• 塔吉克人 Tajik (person)
• 不以人废言(不以人廢言) not to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on the merit of the case rather than preference between advisers
• 坦米尔人(坦米爾人) Tamils
• 眩人 wizard; magician
• 助人 to help others
• 人名 personal name
• 杞人之忧(杞人之憂) a person from Qi worries [about the sky falling]; to worry based on groundless concerns
• 害人精 goblin that kills or harms people; wicked scoundrel; terrible pest
• 开车人(開車人) driver; person driving a vehicle
• 公爵夫人 duchess
• 毛利人 Maori
• 萨哈诺夫人权奖(薩哈諾夫人權獎) the EU Sakharov prize for human rights
• 撒手人寰 to leave one's mortal frame; to die
• 死人 dead person; (coll.) to die; (of a death) to happen
• 被执行人(被執行人) person who has failed to fulfill a court order
• 牛人 leading light; true expert; badass
• 公职人员(公職人員) official employee; government official
• 铁人(鐵人) ironman
• 文如其人 the writing style mirrors the writer
• 杀人犯(殺人犯) murderer; homicide
• 单人床(單人床) single bed
• 吃水不忘掘井人 Drinking the water of a well, one should never forget who dug it.
• 吉人 a good person
• 同龄人(同齡人) peer; one's contemporary; person of the same age
• 人民币(人民幣) renminbi
• 非异人任(非異人任) to bear one's own responsibilities and not pass them to others
• 尼安德特人 Neanderthal man
• 人心不足蛇吞象 a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant
• 雅人深致(雅人深緻) refined pleasure of poetic minds
• 先声夺人(先聲奪人) to gain the upper hand by a show of strength
• 月下老人 minor divinity concerned with marriage; matchmaker; go-between
• 人才流失 brain drain; outflow of talent
• 有宝何必人前夸(有寶何必人前誇) There is no need to boast about one's treasures.
• 人马(人馬) men and horses ; cavalry; troops ; a centaur
• 说书人(說書人) a storyteller
• 代理人 agent
• 受刑人 person being executed
• 这班人(這班人) this kind of person

Also contained in

佳人曲 、 全国人大 、 人权和公民权宣言 、 塞人

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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
• 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
• 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
• 室人 (室人) 室人交徧讁我 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶‧北門 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Bei Men — count: 3