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私人

sī rén

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

私人 (sī rén) means "private". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 私人 means

1. private
2. personal
3. interpersonal
4. sb with whom one has a close personal relationship
5. a member of one's clique

The characters in 私人

• 私sīpersonal; private; selfish
• 人rénperson; people

Example sentences

• 这是私人的。
  It's something personal.
• 他有私人飞机。
  He has a private jet.
• 你收私人支票吗?
  Nǐ shōu sīrén zhīpiào ma?
  Will you take a personal check?
• 她上私人钢琴课。
  She takes private piano lessons.
• 她雇了个私人调查员。
  Tā gù le ge sīrén diàocháyuán.
  She hired a private investigator.
• 她请了个私人调查员。
  She hired a private investigator.

Words starting with 私人

• 私人服务器sī rén fú wù qì(gaming) server emulator; private server
• 私人钥匙sī rén yào shiprivate key (in encryption)

Words containing 私人

• 虚拟私人网络xū nǐ sī rén wǎng luòvirtual private network (VPN)

Where 私人 is taught

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

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read sī rén correctly.
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