人 (rén) - Person, human being, people, mankind & also used as a suffix for certain professions
人 · rén
Person, human being, people, mankind;
also used as a suffix for certain professions or nationalities.
Person, human being, people, mankindalso used as a suffix for certain professions
Usage highlights
PeopleHumanPersonalSomeoneEveryoneAdult
Usage & contexts
Examples
- He is a good person (好人).
- There are many people in the park (公园里有很多人).
- She is a Chinese person (中国人).
- I want to be a useful person to society (做一个对社会有用的人).
Collocations
- People(人们)
- Human(人类)
- Personal(个人)
- Someone(某人)
- Everyone(人人)
- Adult(成人)
Idioms
- A person of great ability(人才出众)
- To be inhumane(惨无人道)
- To win universal praise(有口皆碑)
- To be head and shoulders above others(出人头地)
Cultural background
FAQ- One of the most fundamental characters in Chinese, representing humanity and human relationships.
- In Confucianism, 'ren' (仁, benevolence) is a core virtue, written with the 'person' radical (亻) and 'two' (二), implying the relationship between people.