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人参

rén shēn

2-character word Traditional 人參

What 人参 means

1. ginseng

The characters in 人参

• 人rénperson; people
• 参cānto take part in; to participate; to join

Example sentences

• 几十个年轻人参加了示威游行。
  Jǐ shí gè niánqīngrén cānjiā le shìwēiyóuxíng.
  Several dozen young people participated in the demonstration.
• 150个人参加了马拉松比赛。
  150 gèrén cānjiā le mǎlāsōng bǐsài.
  One hundred and fifty people entered the marathon race.
• 我邀请了二十人参加我们的聚会，但不是所有人都来。
  Wǒ yāoqǐng le èrshí rén cānjiā wǒmen de jùhuì, dàn bù shì suǒyǒu rén dōu lái.
  I asked twenty people to my party but not all of them came.
• 这次跑步比赛，三十五岁以下（包括三十五岁）的人参加青年组；三十六岁到五十岁的人参加中年组；五十一岁以上的人参加老年组。
  Zhè cì pǎobù bǐsài, sānshí wǔ suì yǐxià （ bāokuò sānshí wǔ suì ） de rén cānjiā qīngnián zǔ; sānshí liù suì dào wǔshí suì de rén cānjiā zhōngnián zǔ; wǔshí yī suì yǐshàng de rén cānjiā lǎonián zǔ.
  For this race, people under the age of 35 (including 35) join the young people's group; people from 36 to 50 years old join the middle-aged group and people 51 or over join the elderly group.

Words starting with 人参

• 人参果rén shēn guǒfictional fruit in the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West 西游记; pepino melon

Sounds the same

Read rén shēn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 人身person; personal; human body
• 壬申ninth year I9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1992 or 2052