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人物

rén wù

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

人物 (rén wù) means "character, figure (of note)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 人物 means

1. person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance)
2. character (in a play, novel etc)
3. (genre of traditional Chinese painting) figure painting

The characters in 人物

• 人rénperson; people
• 物wù(bound form) thing; (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself…

Words starting with 人物

• 人物描写rén wù miáo xiěportrayal

Words containing 人物

• 小人物xiǎo rén wùnonentity; a nobody
• 代表人物dài biǎo rén wùrepresentative individual (of a school of thought)
• 风云人物fēng yún rén wùthe man (or woman) of the moment (idiom); influential figure
• 反面人物fǎn miàn rén wùnegative character; bad guy (in a story)
• 政治人物zhèng zhì rén wùpolitical figure; politician; statesman

Where 人物 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Life, Fate & Command (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
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