外向 wài xiàng extroverted (personality) / (economics etc) export-oriented syn 外放 wài fàng extroverted / outgoing / to play audio through speakers (rather than through earphones) / (old) to appoint to a post outside the capital 亮眼人 liàng yǎn rén (term used by the blind) sighted person / person with eyesight / perceptive person / observant person syn 下头 下頭 xià tóu (slang) (of a person or manner) off-putting / (slang) to feel put off syn 二毛子 èr máo zi lit. secondary foreigner / (derogatory term for Chinese Christians and others associated with foreigners, used at the time of the Boxer Rebellion) / (coll.) westernized Chinese person / (derog.) person of mixed Chinese and Russian blood / (slang) Ukraine / German shepherd dog / (dialect) two-year-old goat 深柜 深櫃 shēn guì (slang) (of an LGBT person etc) closeted / person who keeps their sexual orientation, gender identity or political opinions etc private 人头 人頭 rén tóu person / number of people / (per) capita / (a person's) head / (Tw) person whose identity is used by sb else (e.g. to create a bogus account) syn 人称 人稱 rén chēng person (first person, second person etc in grammar) / called / known as 可人 kě rén pleasant / agreeable / a person after one's heart (charming person) / a gifted person syn 伊 yī (old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she") / second person singular pronoun ("you") / (May 4th period) third person singular feminine pronoun ("she") / (Classical Chinese) introductory particle with no specific meaning / (preceding a noun) that syn 羲皇上人 xī huáng shàng rén lit. a person before the legendary emperor Fuxi 伏羲[Fu2 Xi1] / person from ages immemorial / fig. untroubled person 可儿 可兒 kě ér a person after one's heart (charming person) / capable person 好人 hǎo rén good person / healthy person / person who tries not to offend anyone, even at the expense of principle syn 路人甲 lù rén jiǎ ordinary person A / generic person / some random person 动Ｌ 動Ｌ dòng L flowing / flexible / lively (internet slang) / flowing / flexible / lively (Internet slang) 小白 xiǎo bái (slang) novice / greenhorn / (old) (slang) fool / idiot / abbr. for 小白臉|小白脸[xiao3 bai2 lian3], pretty boy 尬舞 gà wǔ (slang) to battle each other in street dancing (derived from Taiwanese 較, which sounds similar to Mandarin 尬[ga4]) / (slang) to perform weird dance moves 拆家 chāi jiā (slang) low-level drug dealer / (slang) (of a pet) to wreck the house (scattering trash, chewing on furniture etc) 捡漏 撿漏 jiǎn lòu to repair a leaky roof / (dialect) to find fault / to nitpick / (slang) to score a bargain (esp. when the seller is unaware of the item's true value) / (slang) to take advantage of an unexpected opportunity 树洞 樹洞 shù dòng tree hollow / (slang) anonymous platform for sharing secrets / (slang) confidant 极品 極品 jí pǐn best quality / item of the highest quality / (slang) outrageous / annoying in the extreme / gross / person with these qualities syn 恐龙 恐龍 kǒng lóng dinosaur (CL:頭|头[tou2],隻|只[zhi1]) / (old) (slang) ugly person 小白兔 xiǎo bái tù small white rabbit / (fig.) innocent and naive person / (fig.) (slang) breast 作 zuō (bound form) worker / (bound form) workshop / (slang) troublesome / high-maintenance (person) syn 乡民 鄉民 xiāng mín villager / (Tw) (Internet slang) person who likes to follow online discussions and add their opinions syn 面 麵 miàn flour / noodles / (of food) soft (not crunchy) / (slang) (of a person) ineffectual / spineless syn 亲 親 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 二愣子 èr lèng zi stupid person / dolt / rash (slang) syn 人肉搜索引擎 rén ròu sōu suǒ yǐn qíng human flesh search engine / a large-scale collective effort to find details about a person or event (Internet slang) 鰦 zī (archaic) a kind of black fish / bad person (Cantonese slang) 骚包 騷包 sāo bāo (slang) alluring / showy / flashy and enticing person / painted Jezebel 重口味 zhòng kǒu wèi strong flavor (spicy, salty etc) / (of food) strongly flavored / (of a person) having a preference for strong flavors / (slang) intense / hardcore 掰弯 掰彎 bāi wān to bend / (slang) to turn a straight person gay 掰直 bāi zhí to straighten / (slang) to turn a gay person straight 二货 二貨 èr huò (slang) fool / dunce / foolishly cute person 单身汪 單身汪 dān shēn wāng (Internet slang) person who is neither married nor in a relationship (used self-deprecatingly) 单身狗 單身狗 dān shēn gǒu (Internet slang) person who is neither married nor in a relationship (used self-deprecatingly) 逗比 dòu bī (slang) silly but amusing person 逗逼 dòu bī (slang) silly but amusing person 捡尸 撿屍 jiǎn shī (slang) to target an intoxicated person for sexual assault 蛇精病 shé jīng bìng (slang) (pun on 神經病|神经病[shen2 jing1 bing4]) crazy person / nutjob 凉凉 涼涼 liáng liáng slightly cold / cool / (neologism) (slang) to be done for / about to be obliterated / (of a place or a person) desolate 猪精 豬精 zhū jīng pork bouillon powder / (neologism) (slang) a person who, like a pig, is fat and ugly and given to histrionics 打扰了 打擾了 dǎ rǎo le sorry to interrupt you, but ... / sorry to have bothered you / sorry, I have to go / (slang) (coined c. 2017) used facetiously to terminate a conversation (esp. online) when the other person is being insufferable UP主 U P zhǔ (Internet slang) uploader (person who uploads a video or other content to the Internet) / pronounced [a4 pu5 zhu3] / (loanword from Japanese うｐ主, "upunushi") 杠精 gàng jīng (slang) (neologism c. 2018) argumentative person 道系 dào xì (slang, coined c. 2017, contrasted with 佛系[fo2xi4]) Dao-type, a type of person who has traits associated with a Daoist approach to life, such as being active, optimistic, earthy and forthright 岁静 歲靜 suì jìng (neologism) (slang) person who likes to pretend that everything is fine in their society (derived from 歲月靜好|岁月静好[sui4 yue4 jing4 hao3], "it is a time of peace and harmony") 舔狗 tiǎn gǒu (neologism c. 2018) (slang) simp / person who resorts to cringeworthy fawning behavior in pursuing sb who does not requite their affections i人 i - rén (slang) introverted person 工具人 gōng jù rén (neologism c. 2010) (slang) a person used by sb as a means to an end 疯犹精 瘋猶精 fēng yóu jīng (slang) person who is blindly pro-Israel 面基 miàn jī (slang) (of online friends) to meet up in person 高贵鸡 高貴雞 gāo guì jī (Tw) (slang) snobbish, pretentious gay person 年上 nián shàng (slang) the older person in a romantic relationship / an older partner 硕士 碩士 shuò shì master's degree / person who has a master's degree / learned person 每人 měi rén each person / everybody / per person syn 那个人 那個人 nà gè rén lit. that person / fig. the person you have been looking for / Mr Right / the girl of one's dreams 上线 上線 shàng xiàn to go online / to put sth online / to reach a specific standard / to put into production / handler (person who oversees and directs the activities of another person in a gang, spy ring etc) 小人 xiǎo rén person of low social status (old) / I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself) / nasty person / vile character syn 普通人 pǔ tōng rén ordinary person / private citizen / people / the person in the street syn 辗转 輾轉 zhǎn zhuǎn to toss about in bed / from person to person / indirectly / to wander syn 恶人 惡人 è rén evil person / vile creature / villain / (archaic) ugly person syn 达人 達人 dá rén (coll.) expert / connoisseur / guru / enthusiast / geek (influenced by Japanese 達人 "tatsujin" c. 2000) / (literary) sensible person / person who understands life / (literary) optimist 闲人 閒人 xián rén idle person / idler / person who has no legitimate reason to be in a certain place syn 光棍 guāng gùn gangster / hoodlum / bachelor / single man / (dialect) wise person / astute person syn 有心人 yǒu xīn rén resolute person / person with aspirations / people who feel / people who use their heads syn 奇人 qí rén an eccentric / odd person / person of extraordinary talent syn 名士 míng shì (old) a person of literary talent / a celebrity (esp. a distinguished literary person having no official post) syn 高个子 高個子 gāo gè zi tall person / (of a person) tall syn 传奇人物 傳奇人物 chuán qí rén wù legendary person / legend (i.e. person) 废人 廢人 fèi rén handicapped person / useless person syn 德高望重 dé gāo wàng zhòng a person of virtue and prestige / a person of good moral standing and reputation syn 明眼人 míng yǎn rén perspicacious person / sb with a discerning eye / sighted person (as opposed to blind) syn 蛔虫 蛔蟲 huí chóng roundworm / ascarid / (esp.) Ascaris lumbricoides, a human parasite / (fig.) person who knows what another person is thinking / a mind reader 急性子 jí xìng zi impetuous person / excitable person syn 手 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 多面手 duō miàn shǒu multitalented person / versatile person / all-rounder syn 老 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 单身贵族 單身貴族 dān shēn guì zú fig. unmarried person / single person (especially one who is comfortable financially) 外心 wài xīn (of a married person) interest in a third person / (old) (of a minister etc) disloyal disposition / (math.) circumcenter (of a polygon) syn 传抄 傳抄 chuán chāo to copy (a text) from person to person / (of a text) to be transmitted by copying syn 辩士 辯士 biàn shì eloquent person / person with rhetoric skills syn 贤 賢 xián worthy or virtuous person / honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation syn 因人而异 因人而異 yīn rén ér yì varying from person to person (idiom) / different for each individual 矮个儿 矮個兒 ǎi gè r a person of short stature / a short person syn 吊死鬼 diào sǐ guǐ ghost of a person who died by hanging / hanged person / (coll.) inchworm / hangman (word game) 二号人物 二號人物 èr hào rén wù second best person / second-rate person 人传人 人傳人 rén chuán rén transmitted person-to-person 刺儿头 刺兒頭 cì r tóu troublesome person / difficult person to deal with syn 受保人 shòu bǎo rén the insured person / the person covered by an insurance policy 受刑人 shòu xíng rén person being executed / victim of corporal punishment / person serving a sentence 急性人 jí xìng rén impetuous person / excitable person 智障人士 zhì zhàng rén shì person with learning difficulties (handicap) / retarded person 路霸 lù bà brigand / (modern) uncivil driver / road hog / (PRC) person who sets up an illegal toll / (Tw) person who uses a part of the street as their private parking place 香蕉人 xiāng jiāo rén banana person (yellow outside, white inside) / mildly pejorative term used by Chinese for assimilated Asian Americans / Westernized person of Asian appearance 鲁人 魯人 lǔ rén person from Shandong / often refers to Confucius / stupid person 人瑞 rén ruì very old person / venerable old person 人际接触 rén jì jiē chù person-to-person contact 