HSK Guide

人 rén — person, people

rén (second tone, rising)ren2

person, people

HSK 1· HSK 1–4 (classic)Level 1· Three-band, nine-level standardnounMeasure word 个
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Meanings

  1. person, people

    A human being. Chinese nouns are not marked for number, so 人 covers "a person", "the person" and "people" alike; a number plus 个 makes the count explicit.

    noun

  2. a person from (after a place name)

    noun

    Place name + 人 gives nationality or origin with no extra words: 中国人, 北京人.

Character breakdown

  • 人
    rén (second tone, rising)

    person, human being; people

    2 strokesRadical 人

Example sentences

  • 我家有四个人。我家有四個人。Wǒ (third tone, dipping) jiā (first tone, high and level) yǒu (third tone, dipping) sì (fourth tone, falling) ge (neutral tone) rén. (second tone, rising)···

    There are four people in my family.

  • 他是中国人。他是中國人。Tā (first tone, high and level) shì (fourth tone, falling) Zhōngguó (first tone, high and level) rén. (second tone, rising)···

    He’s Chinese.

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