"(person)" Chinese-English Dictionary

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rén person / people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn
(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he / him / his / (bound form) other / another / some other (as in 他日[ta1ri4] and 他人[ta1ren2]) syn
big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4jie3]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) syn
zuō (bound form) worker / (bound form) workshop / (slang) troublesome / high-maintenance (person) syn
miàn flour / noodles / (of food) soft (not crunchy) / (slang) (of a person) ineffectual / spineless syn
zhě (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... / (after a noun) person involved in ... / -er / -ist / (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously) / (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term) / (old) (used at the end of a command) / (old) this syn
shǒu hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1] syn
lǎo prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough / unicode compatibility variant of 老 syn
rén variant of 人[ren2] / "person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 10), occurring in 兒, 兀, 兄 etc syn
yuán (bound form) person engaged in a certain field of activity / (bound form) member / classifier for military generals syn
zǒng general / overall / to sum up / in every case / always / invariably / anyway / after all / eventually / sooner or later / surely / (after a person's name) abbr. for 總經理|总经理[zong3 jing1 li3] or 總編|总编[zong3 bian1] etc syn
zuò to make / to produce / to write / to compose / to do / to engage in / to hold (a party etc) / (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc) / to become (husband and wife, friends etc) / (of a thing) to serve as / to be used for / to assume (an air or manner) syn
qīn parent / one's own (flesh and blood) / relative / related / marriage / bride / close / intimate / in person / first-hand / in favor of / pro- / to kiss / (Internet slang) dear syn
东西 東西 dōng xi thing / stuff / person / CL:個|个[ge4],件[jian4] syn
别人 別人 bié ren other people / others / other person syn
材料 cái liào (raw) material / data / (fig.) person who has the potential to do the job syn
人才 rén cái talent / talented person / looks / attractive looks syn
对方 對方 duì fāng the other person / the other side / the other party syn
名字 míng zi name (of a person or thing) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
人物 rén wù person / personage / figure (esp. sb of importance) / character (in a play, novel etc) / (genre of traditional Chinese painting) figure painting syn
本人 běn rén I / me / myself / oneself / yourself / himself / herself / the person concerned syn
人士 rén shì person / figure / public figure syn
年龄 年齡 nián líng (a person's) age / CL:把[ba3],個|个[ge4] syn
主管 zhǔ guǎn in charge / responsible for / person in charge / manager syn
品质 品質 pǐn zhì character / intrinsic quality (of a person) / quality (of a product or service, or as in "quality of life", "air quality" etc) syn
咱们 咱們 zán men we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to) / (dialect) I or me / (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you / also pr. [za2 men5] syn
厉害 厲害 lì hai (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible / intense / severe / devastating / amazing / awesome / outstanding / (of a person) stern / strict / harsh / shrewd / tough / (of an animal) fierce / (of a resemblance) striking / (of liquor or chili pepper) strong / (of bacteria) virulent syn
博士 bó shì doctor (as an academic degree) / (old) person specialized in a skill or trade / (old) court academician
亲自 親自 qīn zì personally / in person / oneself syn
法人 fǎ rén legal person / corporation / see also 自然人[zi4 ran2 ren2] syn
硕士 碩士 shuò shì master's degree / person who has a master's degree / learned person
层次 層次 céng cì layer / level / gradation / arrangement of ideas / (a person's) standing syn
老百姓 lǎo bǎi xìng ordinary people / the "person in the street" / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
同行 tóng háng person of the same profession / of the same trade, occupation or industry syn
携带 攜帶 xié dài to carry (on one's person) / to support (old) / Taiwan pr. [xi1 dai4] syn
口味 kǒu wèi a person's preferences / tastes (in food) / flavor syn
内涵 內涵 nèi hán meaningful content / implication / (semantics) connotation / inner qualities (of a person) syn
轨道 軌道 guǐ dào track (for trains etc) / orbit (of a satellite) / (fig.) a person's established path in life / desired trajectory (of a business or other endeavor) / (audio engineering) track / (quantum mechanics) orbital syn
神仙 shén xiān Daoist immortal / supernatural entity / (in modern fiction) fairy, elf, leprechaun etc / fig. lighthearted person syn
大王 dà wáng king / magnate / person having expert skill in something syn
随身 隨身 suí shēn to (carry) on one's person / to (take) with one syn
君子 jūn zǐ nobleman / person of noble character syn
问候 問候 wèn hòu to give one's respects / to send a greeting / (fig.) (coll.) to make offensive reference to (somebody dear to the person to whom one is speaking) syn
处境 處境 chǔ jìng situation (of a person) syn
深沉 shēn chén deep / profound / (of a person) reserved / undemonstrative / (of a voice, sound etc) deep / low-pitched syn
榜样 榜樣 bǎng yàng model / example (for people to follow) / (in reference to a person) role model syn
残疾 殘疾 cán jí disabled / handicapped / deformity on a person or animal
小日本 xiǎo rì běn (derog.) Japanese person / Jap
伊人 yī rén (literary) that person (usually female) / she / one's intended
空闲 空閒 kòng xián leisure / spare time / (of a person) free / unoccupied / (of equipment, rooms etc) unoccupied / unused / idle / vacant / spare syn
慈祥 cí xiáng kindly / benevolent (often of older person) syn
滞留 滯留 zhì liú (of a person) to remain in (a place) (due to circumstances that prevent one leaving) / to be stranded / (of sth that would typically dissipate, e.g. floodwater, pollutants) to remain / to linger syn
肖像 xiào xiàng portrait (painting, photo etc) / (in a general sense) representation of a person / likeness syn
移送 yí sòng to transfer (a case, a person, files etc) syn
呼之欲出 hū zhī yù chū lit. ready to appear at the call (idiom) / fig. on the verge of coming out into the open / (of a person's choice etc) on the point of being disclosed / (of an artistic depiction) vividly portrayed syn
小白兔 xiǎo bái tù small white rabbit / (fig.) innocent and naive person / (fig.) (slang) breast
学人 學人 xué rén scholar / learned person syn
不中用 bù zhòng yòng unfit for anything / no good / useless / (of a sick person) beyond hope
方家 fāng jiā learned person / expert in a certain field / abbr. for 大方之家[da4 fang1 zhi1 jia1]
园长 園長 yuán zhǎng person in charge of a place that ends in 園|园, such as a vineyard 葡萄園|葡萄园, zoo 動物園|动物园, cemetery 陵園|陵园 etc
老江湖 lǎo jiāng hú a much-travelled person, well acquainted with the ways of the world syn
舍人 shè rén ancient office title / rich and important person
陪护 陪護 péi hù to attend to the needs of (an invalid, disabled person etc) / caregiver
掌上明珠 zhǎng shàng míng zhū lit. a pearl in the palm (idiom) / fig. beloved person (esp. daughter) syn
素人 sù rén untrained, inexperienced person / layman / amateur
股长 股長 gǔ zhǎng person in charge of a 股[gu3] (section or department) / head / chief / director / (in a class in a school) student responsible for a specific duty, e.g. 風紀股長|风纪股长[feng1 ji4 gu3 zhang3] discipline monitor
智多星 zhì duō xīng resourceful person / mastermind syn
英姿飒爽 英姿颯爽 yīng zī sà shuǎng (of a person) valiant and formidable-looking / to carry oneself tall syn
秃子 禿子 tū zi bald-headed person / baldy syn
遗志 遺志 yí zhì the mission in life of a deceased person, left to others to carry on
池中物 chí zhōng wù person of no particular talent
大器 dà qì very capable person / precious object syn
歹人 dǎi rén bad person / evildoer / robber syn
墙头草 牆頭草 qiáng tóu cǎo sb who goes whichever way the wind blows / sb with no mind of their own / easily swayed person / opportunist
贤士 賢士 xián shì virtuous person / a man of merit
醋坛子 醋罈子 cù tán zi vinegar jar / (fig.) person of a jealous nature
单身贵族 單身貴族 dān shēn guì zú fig. unmarried person / single person (especially one who is comfortable financially)
成器 chéng qì to make sth of oneself / to become a person who is worthy of respect syn
裙带关系 裙帶關係 qún dài guān xi favoritism shown to sb because of the influence of the person's wife or other female relative / (by extension) favoritism towards relatives, friends or associates
两面派 兩面派 liǎng miàn pài two-faced person / double-dealing syn
机灵鬼 機靈鬼 jī líng guǐ (jocular) clever and quick-witted person syn
pài (literary) tributary / branch of a river / clique / school / group / faction / (bound form) style / manner / to send (a person or resource) / to dispatch / to allocate (a resource or task) / to appoint (sb) / classifier for factions, groups etc / (preceded by 一[yi]) classifier used in characterizing a scene, atmosphere, demeanor, sound, remark etc / (loanword) pi (Greek letter Ππ) / the circular ratio 𝜋 = 3.14159... / (loanword) pie syn
有识之士 有識之士 yǒu shí zhī shì a person with knowledge and experience (idiom) syn
chāi to send (on an errand) / (archaic) person sent on such an errand / job / official post syn
乡愿 鄉愿 xiāng yuàn (literary) hypocrite / two-faced person syn
汉姓 漢姓 hàn xìng a Han family name (surname) / (esp.) a Han surname adopted by a person of another ethnic group
piào ticket / ballot / banknote / CL:張|张[zhang1] / person held for ransom / amateur performance of Chinese opera / classifier for groups, batches, business transactions syn
活字典 huó zì diǎn walking dictionary / well-informed person
jiǎ first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75° syn
yìng hard / stiff / solid / (fig.) strong / firm / resolutely / uncompromisingly / laboriously / with great difficulty / good (quality) / able (person) / (of food) filling / substantial syn
hǎn to yell / to shout / to call out for (a person) syn
o sentence-final particle that conveys informality, warmth, friendliness or intimacy / may also indicate that one is stating a fact that the other person is not aware of syn
ǎi (of a person) short / (of a wall etc) low / (of rank) inferior (to) / lower (than) syn
麿 xx (Japanese kokuji) I, me (archaic) / suffix attached to the name of a person or pet / pr. maro
孤军奋战 孤軍奮戰 gū jūn fèn zhàn lit. lone army putting up a brave fight (idiom) / fig. (of a person or group of people) struggling hard without support syn
测试 測試 cè shì to test (machinery etc) / to test (a person's skill in a particular area) / a test / (computing) beta (version of software)
联系人 聯繫人 lián xì rén contact (person) syn
这位 這位 zhè wèi this (person)
青年 qīng nián youth / youthful years / young person / the young syn
负责人 負責人 fù zé rén person in charge syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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