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人

rén

Old HSK 1 HSK 3.0 character level 1 Character Measure word 个、位、名

人 (rén) means "person; people". It is an HSK 3.0 level 1 word, and was HSK 1 in the old six-level list.

What 人 means

1. person; people

Example sentences

• 人呢？
  Where did he go?
• 骗人！
  That's a lie!
• 这里有人
  Zhèlǐ yǒurén
  Somebody's in here.
• 真丢人！
  Zhēn diūrén!
  What a shame!
• 多少人？
  How many people?
• 你骗人！
  You must be kidding!

Words starting with 人

• 人们rén menpeople
• 人员rén yuánstaff; crew; personnel
• 人民rén mínthe people
• 人家rén jiāhousehold; dwelling; family
• 人生rén shēnglife (one's time on earth)
• 人民币rén mín bìRenminbi, the official currency of the PRC (currency codes: RMB or CNY)
• 人物rén wùperson; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc)…
• 人类rén lèihumanity; human race; mankind
• 人才rén cáitalent; talented person; looks
• 人口rén kǒupopulation; people
• 人事rén shìpersonnel; human resources; human affairs
• 人士rén shìperson; figure; public figure
• 人间rén jiānthe human world; the earth
• 人性rén xìnghuman nature; humanity; human
• 人格rén gépersonality; integrity; dignity
• 人为rén wéiartificial; man-made; having human cause or origin
• 人工rén gōngartificial; manpower; manual work
• 人道rén dàohuman sympathy; humanitarianism; humane
• 人质rén zhìhostage
• 人群rén qúncrowd
• 人数rén shùnumber of people
• 人人rén réneveryone; every person
• 人权rén quánhuman rights
• 人体rén tǐhuman body

Words containing 人

• 个人gè rénan individual; oneself; (attributive) personal; one's own
• 女人nǚ rénwoman
• 男人nán réna man; a male; men
• 有人yǒu rénsomeone; people; anyone
• 别人bié renother people; others; other person
• 中国人Zhōng guó rénChinese person
• 客人kè rénvisitor; guest; customer
• 老人lǎo rénold man or woman; the elderly; one's aged parents or grandparents
• 主持人zhǔ chí rénhost; master of ceremonies; (TV or radio) presenter; anchor…
• 工人gōng rénworker
• 主人zhǔ rénmaster; host; owner
• 敌人dí rénenemy
• 私人sī rénprivate; personal; interpersonal
• 行人xíng rénpedestrian; traveler on foot; passer-by
• 本人běn rénI; me; myself; oneself; yourself; himself; herself; the person concerned
• 夫人fū renlady; madam; Mrs.
• 迷人mí rénfascinating; enchanting; charming
• 当事人dāng shì rénpersons involved or implicated; party (to an affair)
• 法人fǎ rénlegal person; corporation; see also 自然人
• 丢人diū rénto lose face
• 风土人情fēng tǔ rén qínglocal conditions and customs (idiom)
• 家人jiā rénfamily member; (old) servant
• 年轻人nián qīng rényoung people; youngster
• 病人bìng rénsick person; patient; invalid

Characters that look like 人

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 入rùto enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; (bound form) to conform to (as in 入时
• 八bāeight

Sounds the same

Read rén, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 仁humane; kernel
• 壬ninth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干; ninth in order…
• 亻"person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 9)
• 任surname Ren

Where 人 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Family and People (HSK 1), High-Frequency Radicals as Meaning Cues (HSK 0), Basic Strokes and Stroke-Order Rules (HSK 0), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 1 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read rén correctly.
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