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)
Contained in
- 可人 pleasant; agreeable; a person after one's heart (charming person); a gifted person
- 雅人深致(雅人深緻) refined pleasure of poetic minds
- 人事 personnel; human resources ; human affairs; ways of the world
- 预备役军人(預備役軍人) reserve troops
- 人谁无过(人誰無過) Everyone makes mistakes
- 高人一等 a cut above others; superior
- 肝胆过人(肝膽過人) unsurpassed in valor
- 策划人(策劃人) sponsor; plotter; schemer
- 不令人鼓舞 discouraging; disheartening
- 花边人物(花邊人物) smooth talker; fast talker; slick and sociable person; person in the news
- 空中飞人(空中飛人) trapeze artist; frequent flyer
- 杀人不过头点地(殺人不過頭點地) It's all exaggeration, you don't need to take it seriously / a fuss about nothing
- 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
- 圉人 horse trainer; groom
- 水至清则无鱼，人至察则无徒(水至清則無魚，人至察則無徒) water that is too clear has no fish, and one who is too severe has no friends
- 万人敌(萬人敵) a match for ten thousand enemies
- 官宦人家 family of a functionary
- 耸人听闻(聳人聽聞) to sensationalize; deliberate exaggeration to scare people
- 三个女人一个墟(三個女人一個墟) three women makes a crowd
- 异人(異人) an extraordinary person ; a stranger
- 乌克兰人(烏克蘭人) Ukrainian (person)
- 一人得道，鸡犬升天(一人得道，雞犬升天) when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven; to ride on sb else's success; Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
- 棘人 an earnest son
- 相配人 match (couple); persons well suited for each other
- 严以责己宽以待人(嚴以責己寬以待人) to be severe with oneself and lenient with others
- 合伙人 partner; associate
- 人口 population
- 公众人物(公眾人物) public figure; famous person
- 人微言轻(人微言輕) a lowly person and triffling talk
- 贤人(賢人) a worthy person; xianren
- 人社部 Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (PRC)
- 人来客去(人來客去) people come and guests go
- 人道主义(人道主義) humanitarianism
- 雅人 poetic individual; person of refined temperament
- 杀人案件(殺人案件) (case of, incident of) murder
- 承租人 leaser; tenant
- 智人 Homo sapiens
- 璧人 a beautiful woman
- 人工费(人工費) labor cost
- 发言人(發言人) spokesperson
- 知人知面不知心 one may know a person for a long time without understanding his true nature
- 狗咬吕洞宾，不识好人心(狗咬呂洞賓，不識好人心) a dog biting Lü Dongbin; to ill reward a person's kindness
- 天无绝人之路(天無絕人之路) Heaven never bars one's way; don't despair and you will find a way through.; Never give up hope.
- 奇人 an eccentric; odd person; person of extraordinary talent
- 哲人其萎 a wise man has passed away
- 闻人(聞人) famous person
Also contained in
为人民服务 、 王夫人 、 人人网 、 经济学人 、 蒙古人民共和国
Word is mentioned most frequently in
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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
- 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
- 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
- 人百 (人百) 人百其身 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧秦‧黃鳥 Lessons from the states - Odes of Qin - Huang Niao — count: 3