人 rén — person, people

Meanings

1. 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. 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.

Similar words

Words containing 人

• 有人yǒu (third tone, dipping) rén (second tone, rising)someone
• 人们/人們rén (second tone, rising) men (neutral tone)people
• 别人/別人biérén (second tone, rising)other people, others; somebody else
• 女人nǚrén (third tone, dipping)woman, adult female
• 人员/人員rén (second tone, rising) yuán (second tone, rising)staff
• 男人nánrén (second tone, rising)man, adult male
• 人生rén (second tone, rising) shēng (first tone, high and level)life (one's time on earth)
• 人民rén (second tone, rising) mín (second tone, rising)the people
• 人类/人類rén (second tone, rising) lèi (fourth tone, falling)humanity
• 个人/個人gèrén (fourth tone, falling)individual, oneself (as opposed to the group); personal
• 病人bìng (fourth tone, falling) rén (second tone, rising)sick person
• 人物rén (second tone, rising) wù (fourth tone, falling)person
• 家人jiā (first tone, high and level) rén (second tone, rising)family member
• 敌人/敵人dí (second tone, rising) rén (second tone, rising)enemy
• 人家rén (second tone, rising) jia (neutral tone)other people
• 人士rén (second tone, rising) shì (fourth tone, falling)person
• 客人kèrén (fourth tone, falling)guest, visitor; customer