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士人

shì rén

2-character word

What 士人 means

1. scholar

The characters in 士人

• 士shìmember of the senior ministerial class (old); scholar (old); bachelor
• 人rénperson; people

Example sentences

• 他是瑞士人。
  He is Swiss.
• 我不是瑞士人。
  I'm not Swiss.
• 瑞士人消耗不少啤酒。
  Ruìshìrén xiāohào bù shǎo píjiǔ.
  The Swiss consume a large amount of beer.
• 瑞士人是说什么语言的？
  Ruìshìrén shì shuō shénme yǔyán de?
  What language do they speak in Switzerland?
• 瑞士人是说甚么语言的？
  What language do they speak in Switzerland?

Words containing 士人

• 非利士人Fēi lì shì rénthe Philistines, who settled on the southern coast of Palestine in the 12th century BC
• 瑞士人Ruì shì rénSwiss (person)

Sounds the same

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

• 世人people (in general); people around the world; everyone
• 适人(said of a woman) to marry (old)