人 (rén): person
人 (rén) is a Chinese character meaning “person.” Classified as HSK Level 1 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), with radical 亻 (person). It ranks #7 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically pictographic, 人 the legs of a human being. Its radical form 亻 (person) appears in many related characters such as 什 (shén, what), 今 (jīn, now), 介 (jiè, to introduce).
Definitions
- person
Etymology & Origin
pictographicThe legs of a human being
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 人
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 女人noun | nǚ rén | woman | 3 |
| 别人 | bié ren | other people | 3 |
| 男人noun | nán rén | a man | 3 |
| 夫人noun | fū ren | lady | 6 |
| 人类noun | rén lèi | humanity | 5 |
| 个人noun | gè rén | individual | 5 |
| 病人noun | bìng rén | sick person | 3 |
| 家人noun | jiā rén | family member | 1 |
| 人生noun | rén shēng | life (one's time on earth) | 4 |
| 大人noun | dà ren | adult | 3 |
| 人员noun | rén yuán | staff | 4 |
| 私人noun | sī rén | private | 5 |
| 敌人noun | dí rén | enemy | 5 |
| 人物noun | rén wù | person | 5 |
| 客人 | kè rén | visitor | 3 |
| 人民noun | rén mín | the people | 5 |
| 主人noun | zhǔ rén | master | 5 |
| 机器人noun | jī qì rén | robot | 5 |
| 迷人adjective | mí rén | fascinating | 6 |
| 名人noun | míng rén | personage | 3 |
| 人家pronoun | rén jiā | household | 6 |
| 他人pronoun | tā rén | another person | 5 |
| 本人pronoun | běn rén | I | 5 |
| 老人noun | lǎo rén | old man or woman | 3 |
| 人群noun | rén qún | crowd | 5 |
| 工人noun | gōng rén | worker | 4 |
| 惊人adjective | jīng rén | astonishing | 6 |
| 人士noun | rén shì | person | 6 |
| 人口noun | rén kǒu | population | 5 |
| 亲人noun | qīn rén | one's close relatives | 5 |
| 爱人noun | ài ren | spouse (PRC) | 3 |
| 成人verb/noun | chéng rén | to reach adulthood | 5 |
| 人体noun | rén tǐ | human body | 5 |
| 军人noun | jūn rén | serviceman | 6 |
| 人数noun | rén shù | number of people | 4 |
| 人才noun | rén cái | talent | 5 |
| 负责人noun | fù zé rén | person in charge | 4 |
| 商人noun | shāng rén | merchant | 5 |
| 新人noun | xīn rén | newcomer | 5 |
| 诗人noun | shī rén | bard | 5 |
| 感人adjective | gǎn rén | touching | 4 |
| 众人noun | zhòng rén | everyone | 6 |
| 熟人noun | shú rén | acquaintance | 5 |
| 艺人noun | yì rén | performing artist | 6 |
| 人工adjective/noun | rén gōng | artificial | 5 |
| 动人adjective | dòng rén | touching | 5 |
| 人力noun | rén lì | manpower | 5 |
| 人行道noun | rén xíng dào | sidewalk | 6 |
| 盲人noun | máng rén | blind person | 6 |
| 未成年人noun | wèi chéng nián rén | minor (i.e. person under 18) | 6 |
| 古人noun | gǔ rén | people of ancient times | 6 |
| 人事noun | rén shì | personnel | 6 |
| 路人noun | lù rén | passer-by | 5 |
| 人为adjective | rén wéi | artificial | 6 |
| 人工智能 | rén gōng zhì néng | artificial intelligence (AI) | 6 |
| 行人noun | xíng rén | pedestrian | 5 |
| 后人noun | hòu rén | later generation | 6 |
| 用人verb | yòng rén | servant | 6 |
| 人山人海 | rén shān rén hǎi | (idiom) multitude | 6 |
| 人均verb | rén jūn | per capita | 6 |
| 游人noun | yóu rén | a tourist | 6 |
| 人民币noun | rén mín bì | Renminbi (RMB) | 5 |
人 appears in 100 compound words: 21 as the first character, 79 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 人 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (234)
to not be content to lag behind; to hate being outdone; to be not content to fall behind or not exceed
not amenable to reason; inconsiderate of human feelings; unkind; insensitive
Showing 12 of 234 idioms containing 人.
Example Sentences
人力资源部门正在招聘新员工，计划下个月面试五十人。
Rénlì zīyuán bùmén zhèngzài zhāopìn xīn yuángōng, jìhuà xià gè yuè miànshì wǔshí rén.
The HR department is recruiting new employees and plans to interview fifty people next month.
大年初一,浙大发顶刊论文:用人工智能为膜蛋白造“装..
dà nián chū yī , zhè dà fā dǐng kān lún wén yòng rén gōng zhì néng wéi mó dàn bái zào zhuāng . .
On the first day of the Chinese New Year, ZJU published a top paper on the use of artificial intelligence for membrane proteins...
机器人春晚PK赛:热闹之余,多想三个问题 | ...
jī qì rén chūn wǎn sài rè nào zhī yú , duō xiǎng sān gě wèn tí . . .
Robot Spring Festival PK Match: Three More Questions to Think About While ...
一杯热水赠归人 一句感谢显温情 环兰高速人:点滴之..
yī bēi rè shuǐ zèng guī rén yī gōu gǎn xiè xiǎn wēn qíng huán lán gāo sù rén diǎn dī zhī . .
A cup of hot water for the returnees A word of thanks for the warmth of the Huanlan Expressway people: a little bit of...
湖北文旅集团AI守岁人护新春 科技赋能年味浓
hú běi wén lǚ jí tuán shǒu suì rén hù xīn chūn kē jì fù néng nián wèi nóng
Hubei Culture and Tourism Group AI year-keeper to protect the New Year Technology empowers the flavor of the year
在春晚与沈腾马丽同框的机器人 在全国100多个地方..
zài chūn wǎn yú 沈 téng mǎ lí tóng kuàng de jī qì rén zài quán guó duō gě dì fāng . .
The robot that shared the frame with Shen Teng and Ma Li at the Spring Festival Gala In more than 100 places across the country...
我回来了！啊？有人来看我们吗？
Wǒ huílai le! ǎ? Yǒu rén lái kàn wǒmen ma?
I'm back! Oh? Have we got a guest?
你是美国人还是法国人？
Nǐ shì Měiguórén háishi Fǎguórén?
Are you American or French?
这些人是做什么事的？
Zhèxiē rén shì zuò shénmeshì de?
What are these people doing?
我不在的时候有没有人来？
Wǒ bù zài de shíhou yǒuméiyǒu rén lái?
Did anyone come in my absence?
Character Family
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