义项
能制造并使用工具进行劳动的高等动物
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用在地名后,表示籍贯
nounPlace name + 人 gives nationality or origin with no extra words: 中国人, 北京人.
例句
- 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.