人 rén person / people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 好 hǎo good / appropriate / proper / all right! / (before a verb) easy to / (before a verb) good to / (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so / (verb complement indicating completion) / (of two people) close / on intimate terms / (after a personal pronoun) hello syn 民 mín (bound form) the people / inhabitants of a country syn 物 wù (bound form) thing / (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself / people other than oneself 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/ old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough / unicode compatibility variant of 老 syn 位 wèi position / location / place / seat / classifier for people (honorific) / classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes) / (physics) potential syn 海 hǎi ocean / sea / CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4] / great number of people or things / (dialect) numerous syn 名 míng name / noun (part of speech) / place (e.g. among winners) / famous / classifier for people syn 口 kǒu mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls syn 组 組 zǔ to form / to organize / group / team / classifier for sets, series, groups of people, batteries 林 lín (bound form) woods / forest / (bound form) circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people) / (bound form) a collection (of similar things) syn 进行 進行 jìn xíng (of a process etc) to proceed / to be in progress / to be underway / (of people) to carry out / to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc) / (of an army etc) to be on the march / to advance syn 北京 běi jīng Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (abbr. to 京[Jing1]) syn 单位 單位 dān wèi unit (of measure) / unit (group of people as a whole) / work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 别人 別人 bié ren other people / others / other person syn 人家 rén jia other people / sb else / he, she or they / I, me (referring to oneself as "one" or "people") syn 广大 廣大 guǎng dà (of an area) vast or extensive / large-scale / widespread / (of people) numerous syn 人口 rén kǒu population / people syn 专利 專利 zhuān lì patent / sth uniquely enjoyed (or possessed etc) by a certain group of people / monopoly 民间 民間 mín jiān among the people / popular / folk / non-governmental / involving people rather than governments 老百姓 lǎo bǎi xìng ordinary people / the "person in the street" / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 偏偏 piān piān (indicating that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately / as it happened / (indicating that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly / contrarily / against reason / (indicating that sb or a group is singled out) precisely / only / of all people syn 你我 nǐ wǒ you and I / everyone / all of us (in society) / we (people in general) 体贴 體貼 tǐ tiē considerate (of other people's needs) syn 榜样 榜樣 bǎng yàng model / example (for people to follow) / (in reference to a person) role model syn 着想 著想 zhuó xiǎng to give thought (to others) / to consider (other people's needs) / also pr. [zhao2 xiang3] syn 布衣 bù yī plain cotton clothing / (literary) the common people syn 威信 wēi xìn prestige / reputation / trust / credit with the people syn 小民 xiǎo mín ordinary people / commoner / civilian 色魔 sè mó sex fiend / molester / sex attacker / sex demon (a spirit that enters people's souls and makes them desire sex) 济济 濟濟 jǐ jǐ large number of people syn 偷天换日 偷天換日 tōu tiān huàn rì to engage in fraudulent activities (idiom) / skulduggery / to hoodwink people / to cheat sb audaciously syn 生灵涂炭 生靈塗炭 shēng líng tú tàn people are in a terrible situation (idiom) syn 狗屎运 狗屎運 gǒu shǐ yùn (coll.) (other people's) dumb luck 好人好事 hǎo rén hǎo shì admirable people and exemplary deeds syn 各就各位 gè jiù gè wèi (of the people in a group) to get into position (idiom) / (athletics) On your mark! syn 凑足 湊足 còu zú to scrape together enough (people, money etc) syn 祸国殃民 禍國殃民 huò guó yāng mín to damage the country and cause suffering to the people (idiom) syn 邀集 yāo jí to invite a group of people (to assemble for a gathering) syn 月光族 yuè guāng zú people who spend all their monthly earnings before the next payday 妖言惑众 妖言惑眾 yāo yán huò zhòng to mislead the public with rumors (idiom) / to delude the people with lies syn 微服私访 微服私訪 wēi fú sī fǎng to mingle with the people incognito syn 天下乌鸦一般黑 天下烏鴉一般黑 tiān xià wū yā yī bān hēi all crows are black (idiom) / evil people are bad all over the world syn 号 號 hào ordinal number / day of a month / mark / sign / business establishment / size / ship suffix / horn (wind instrument) / bugle call / assumed name / to take a pulse / classifier used to indicate number of people syn 青 qīng green / blue / black / youth / young (of people) syn 鳏寡孤独 鰥寡孤獨 guān guǎ gū dú lit. widowers, widows, orphans and the childless / fig. people with no one left to rely on syn 班 bān team / class / grade / (military) squad / work shift / CL:個|个[ge4] / classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles syn 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 人民 rén mín the people / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 人们 人們 rén men people syn 有人 yǒu rén someone / people / anyone / there is someone there / occupied (as in restroom) 人数 人數 rén shù number of people syn 人民共和国 人民共和國 rén mín gòng hé guó People's Republic 人大 rén dà people's congress, a legislative body within the PRC's system of government at any of various levels – national, provincial, municipal, county or township (abbr. for 人民代表大會|人民代表大会[ren2min2 dai4biao3 da4hui4]) 华人 華人 huá rén ethnic Chinese person or people syn 他人 tā rén another person / sb else / other people syn 中华人民共和国 中華人民共和國 zhōng huá rén mín gòng hé guó People's Republic of China 年轻人 年輕人 nián qīng rén young people / youngster syn 人民政府 rén mín zhèng fǔ people's government 百姓 bǎi xìng common people syn 全国人大 全國人大 quán guó rén dà National People's Congress (NPC) (abbr. for 全國人民代表大會|全国人民代表大会[Quan2guo2 Ren2min2 Dai4biao3 Da4hui4]) 万人 萬人 wàn rén ten thousand people / all the people / everyman 人民法院 rén mín fǎ yuàn people's court (of law) / people's tribunal syn 中国人民 中國人民 zhōng guó rén mín the Chinese people 人次 rén cì person-times / visits / classifier for number of people participating 人心 rén xīn popular feeling / the will of the people syn 用人 yòng rén servant / to employ sb for a job / to manage people / to be in need of staff 民众 民眾 mín zhòng the populace / the masses / the common people syn 国民 國民 guó mín nationals / citizens / people of a nation syn 日本人 rì běn rén Japanese person or people 美国人 美國人 měi guó rén American / American person / American people / CL:個|个[ge4] 有些人 yǒu xiē rén some people 几位 幾位 jǐ wèi several people (honorific) / Ladies and Gentlemen! 平民 píng mín ordinary people / commoner (contrasted with the privileged) / civilian (contrasted with the military) syn 政协 政協 zhèng xié CPPCC (Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference) / abbr. of 中國人民政治協商會議|中国人民政治协商会议[Zhong1 guo2 Ren2 min2 Zheng4 zhi4 Xie2 shang1 Hui4 yi4] 世人 shì rén people (in general) / people around the world / everyone syn 解放军 解放軍 jiě fàng jūn People's Liberation Army (PRC armed forces) syn 老年人 lǎo nián rén old people / the elderly syn 造就 zào jiù to bring up / to train / to contribute to / achievements (usually of young people) syn 中华民族 中華民族 zhōng huá mín zú the Chinese nation / the Chinese people (collective reference to all the ethnic groups in China) syn 人马 人馬 rén mǎ men and horses / troops / group of people / troop / staff / centaur syn 缘分 緣分 yuán fèn fate or chance that brings people together / predestined affinity or relationship / (Budd.) destiny syn 某人 mǒu rén someone / a certain person / some people / I (self-address after one's surname) syn 人民网 人民網 rén mín wǎng online version of the People's Daily, 人民日報|人民日报[Ren2 min2 Ri4 bao4] 穷人 窮人 qióng rén poor people / the poor syn 人性化 rén xìng huà (of a system or product etc) adapted to human needs / people-oriented / user-friendly 普通人 pǔ tōng rén ordinary person / private citizen / people / the person in the street syn 以人为本 以人為本 yǐ rén wéi běn people-oriented 两会 兩會 liǎng huì National People's Congress and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference 大多数人 大多數人 dà duō shù rén most people / the majority of people 拉动 拉動 lā dòng to pull / (fig.) to stimulate (economic activity) / to motivate (people to do sth) syn 人民代表 rén mín dài biǎo deputy to the People's Congress 同人 tóng rén people from the same workplace or profession / co-worker / colleague / pop culture enthusiasts who create fan fiction etc syn 人民银行 人民銀行 rén mín yín háng People's Bank of China 古人 gǔ rén people of ancient times / the ancients / extinct human species such as Homo erectus or Homo neanderthalensis / (literary) deceased person syn 慕容 mù róng a branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑[Xian1bei1] nomadic people / two-character surname Murong 会场 會場 huì chǎng meeting place / place where people gather / CL:個|个[ge4] 人民日报 人民日報 rén mín rì bào People's Daily (PRC newspaper) 阵营 陣營 zhèn yíng group of people / camp / faction / sides in a dispute syn 民办 民辦 mín bàn run by the local people / privately operated syn 