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/ old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough / unicode compatibility variant of 老 syn 手 shǒu hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in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 普通人 pǔ tōng rén ordinary person / private citizen / people / the person in the street syn 薯条 薯條 shǔ tiáo french fries / french fried potatoes / chips 每人 měi rén each person / everybody / per person syn 小人 xiǎo rén person of low social status (old) / I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself) / nasty person / vile character syn 恶人 惡人 è rén evil person / vile creature / villain / (archaic) ugly person syn 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 硕士 碩士 shuò shì master's degree / person who has a master's degree / learned person 高个子 高個子 gāo gè zi tall person / (of a person) tall syn 废人 廢人 fèi rén handicapped person / useless person syn 闲人 閒人 xián rén idle person / idler / person who has no legitimate reason to be in a certain place syn 辗转 輾轉 zhǎn zhuǎn to toss about in bed / from person to person / indirectly / to wander 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 奇人 qí rén an eccentric / odd person / person of extraordinary talent syn 急性子 jí xìng zi impetuous person / excitable person syn 光棍 guāng gùn gangster / hoodlum / bachelor / single man / (dialect) wise person / astute person syn 戴高乐 戴高樂 dài gāo lè Charles De Gaulle (1890-1970), French general and politician, leader of the Free French during World War II and president of the Republic 1959-1969 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 德高望重 dé gāo wàng zhòng a person of virtue and prestige / a person of good moral standing and reputation syn 多面手 duō miàn shǒu multitalented person / versatile person / all-rounder syn 有心人 yǒu xīn rén resolute person / person with aspirations / people who feel / people who use their heads syn 名士 míng shì (old) a person of literary talent / a celebrity (esp. a distinguished literary person having no official post) syn 明眼人 míng yǎn rén perspicacious person / sb with a discerning eye / sighted person (as opposed to blind) 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) 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 传奇人物 傳奇人物 chuán qí rén wù legendary person / legend (i.e. person) 舌吻 shé wěn to French kiss / French kiss 单身贵族 單身貴族 dān shēn guì zú fig. unmarried person / single person (especially one who is comfortable financially) 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 贤 賢 xián worthy or virtuous person / honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation syn 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 法国 法國 fǎ guó France / French 大卫 大衛 dà wèi David (name) / Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825), French neoclassical painter 法语 法語 fǎ yǔ French (language) 东京 東京 dōng jīng Tokyo, capital of Japan / Tonkin (northern Vietnam during the French colonial period) 巴特 bā tè Barth or Barthes (name) / Roland Barthes (1915-1980), French critic and semiotician 里昂 lǐ áng Lyon, French city on the Rhône 雨果 yǔ guǒ Hugo (name) / Victor Hugo (1802-1885), French writer 贞德 貞德 zhēn dé Jeanne d'Arc (1412-1431), French heroine and liberator, executed as a witch by the Burgundians and English / also called Jehanne Darc, the Maid or Orleans, Joan of Arc or St Joan 帕斯卡 pà sī kǎ Pascal (name) / Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), French mathematician 梅森 méi sēn Martin Mersenne (1588-1648, French mathematician) 法文 fǎ wén French language 萨特 薩特 sà tè Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980), French existential philosopher and novelist 巴尔扎克 巴爾扎克 bā ěr zhā kè Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850), French novelist, author of series La comédie humaine 莫奈 mò nài Claude Monet (1840-1926), French impressionist painter 落地窗 luò dì chuāng floor-to-ceiling window / French window 四季豆 sì jì dòu green bean / French bean / runner bean syn 莫里哀 mò lǐ āi Molière (1622-1673), French playwright and actor, master of comedy 雪铁龙 雪鐵龍 xuě tiě lóng Citroën (French car manufacturer) 马友友 馬友友 mǎ yǒu yǒu Yo-Yo Ma (1955-), French-Chinese-American cellist 大仲马 大仲馬 dà zhòng mǎ Alexandre Dumas, père (1802-1870), French writer 法军 法軍 fǎ jūn French army 家乐福 家樂福 jiā lè fú Carrefour, French supermarket chain 闪人 閃人 shǎn rén (coll.) to beat it / to take French leave 中法 zhōng fǎ China-France (cooperation) / Sino-French 兰蔻 蘭蔻 lán kòu Lancôme, French cosmetics brand 英法 yīng fǎ Anglo-French 炸薯条 炸薯條 zhá shǔ tiáo french fries 霞飞 霞飛 xiá fēi Joseph Joffre (1852-1931), leading French general at the start of World War One 左拉 zuǒ lā Zola (name) / Émile Zola (1840-1902), French naturalist novelist 莫泊桑 mò bó sāng Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893), French novelist and short story writer 笛卡尔 笛卡爾 dí kǎ ěr René Descartes (1596-1650) French philosopher 孟德斯鸠 孟德斯鳩 mèng dé sī jiū Charles Montesquieu (1689-1755), French political philosopher 德彪西 dé biāo xī Claude Debussy (1862-1918), French composer 巴斯德 bā sī dé Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), French chemist and microbiologist 笛卡儿 笛卡兒 dí kǎ ér René Descartes (1596-1650), French philosopher and author of Discours de la méthode 方法論|方法论 傅立叶 傅立葉 fù lì yè Charles Fourier (French sociologist and socialist, 1772-1837) 他 tā (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 人 rén person / people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 做 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 大 dà big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4jie3]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) syn 东西 東西 dōng xi thing / stuff / person / CL:個|个[ge4],件[jian4] syn 名字 míng zi name (of a person or thing) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 别人 別人 bié ren other people / others / other person syn 者 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 总 總 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 员 員 yuán (bound form) person engaged in a certain field of activity / (bound form) member / classifier for military generals 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 博士 bó shì doctor (as an academic degree) / (old) person specialized in a skill or trade / (old) court academician 面 麵 miàn flour / noodles / (of food) soft (not crunchy) / (slang) (of a person) ineffectual / spineless syn 事儿 事兒 shì r one's employment / business / matter that needs to be settled / (northern dialect) (of a person) demanding / trying / troublesome / erhua variant of 事[shi4] / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1] syn 病人 bìng rén sick person / patient / invalid / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 同性恋 同性戀 tóng xìng liàn homosexuality / gay person / gay love 杀人 殺人 shā rén homicide / to murder / to kill (a person) 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 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) 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 黑人 hēi rén black person / an illegal 对方 對方 duì fāng the other person / the other side / the other party 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 怪物 guài wu monster / freak / eccentric person syn 亲自 親自 qīn zì personally / in person / oneself syn 某人 mǒu rén someone / a certain person / some people / I (self-address after one's surname) syn 人人 rén rén everyone / every person syn 