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)
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- 世上人 mankind
- 雅人 poetic individual; person of refined temperament
- 泽人(澤人) to benefit mankind ; Waterway Administrator ; someone who lives near the water
- 中国名人录(中國名人錄) China Vitae
- 押寨夫人 the gang leader's wife
- 人字披顶(人字披頂) human figures on a rooftop
- 刀不磨要生锈，人不学要落后(刀不磨要生銹，人不學要落後) a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened; a man will fall behind if he doesn't study
- 人赃俱获(人贓俱獲) (of a thief, smuggler etc) to be caught with stolen or illegal goods; to be caught red-handed
- 蠢人 fool; imbecile
- 好人 a virtuous person ; a nice guy; a good guy ; a beautiful person ; a healthy person ; a peacemaker; a mediator
- 白色人种(白色人種) the white race
- 无人飞行器(無人飛行器) drone; unmanned aerial vehicle
- 北京猿人 Peking Man; Homo erectus pekinensis
- 人权团体(人權團體) human rights group
- 狼人 werewolf
- 不近人情 not amenable to reason; unreasonable
- 老好人 one who tries never to offend anybody
- 打狗还得看主人(打狗還得看主人) when one beats a dog, one must answer to its master
- 要人 important person
- 党外人士(黨外人士) non-party members
- 任人 to appoint (sb to a post)
- 常人 an ordinary person ; a fixed partner ; a person who sticks to convention
- 人文地理学(人文地理學) human geography
- 人形 human shape; in human form; of human appearance; doll; puppet
- 各界人士 all walks of life
- 雨人 Rain Man
- 人心所向 that which is yearned for by the public
- 不为人知(不為人知) not known to anyone; secret; unknown
- 活动人士(活動人士) activist
- 才气过人(才氣過人) an outstanding talent; surpassing insight and acumen
- 以容取人 to select a person based on appearance
- 懒人(懶人) lazy person
- 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.
- 悲天悯人(悲天憫人) to be distressed at the state of the world and pity the fate of mankind
- 印第安人 American Indians
- 入道人 a monastic
- 哈萨克人(哈薩克人) Kazakh person; Kazakh people
- 丈人 an old man; an elder ; a patriarch ; Zhangren ; father-in-law; wfie's father
- 僵人 a corpse
- 收拢人心(收攏人心) to win people's hearts
- 远小人(遠小人) lowly men kept at a distance
- 收容人 inmate
- 无人不知(無人不知) known to everybody
- 行人安全岛(行人安全島) pedestrian refuge; traffic island
- 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
- 人工降雨 artificial rain
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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
- 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
- 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
- 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