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/ old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough / unicode compatibility variant of 老 syn 手 shǒu hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in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 每人 měi rén each person / everybody / per person syn 俄语 俄語 é yǔ Russian (language) 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 伊凡 yī fán Ivan (Russian name) 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 卢布 盧布 lú bù ruble (Russian currency) (loanword) 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 列宁 列寧 liè níng Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870-1924), Russian revolutionary leader 米格 mǐ gé MiG / Russian Aircraft Corporation / Mikoyan 奇人 qí rén an eccentric / odd person / person of extraordinary talent syn 维奇 維奇 wéi qí Pope Vigilius (in office 537-555) / phonetic -vich or -wich in Russian names 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 托尔斯泰 托爾斯泰 tuō ěr sī tài Tolstoy (name) / Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910), great Russian novelist, author of War and Peace 戰爭與和平|战争与和平 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 俄文 é wén Russian language 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 俄军 俄軍 é jūn Russian army 契诃夫 契訶夫 qì hē fū Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904), Russian writer famous for his short stories and plays 普希金 pǔ xī jīn Alexandr Sergeevich Pushkin (1799-1837), great Russian romantic poet 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 旅顺 旅順 lǚ shùn Lüshun / Lüshunkou district of Dalian city 大連市|大连市, Liaoning / called Port Arthur during Russian occupation and Russian-Japanese war of 1905 明眼人 míng yǎn rén perspicacious person / sb with a discerning eye / sighted person (as opposed to blind) syn 高尔基 高爾基 gāo ěr jī Gorkii (name) / Maxim Gorkii (1868-1936), Russian proletarian writer and propagandist 政治委员 政治委員 zhèng zhì wěi yuán political commissar (during Russian and Chinese communist revolutions) 杜马 杜馬 dù mǎ Duma, lower chamber of Russian parliament 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) 毛子 máo zi hairy fellow / foreigner / Russian (derog.) / bandit (old) / tuft of fine hair 俄联邦 俄聯邦 é lián bāng the Russian Federation 阿尔泰 阿爾泰 ā ěr tài Altai republic in Russian central Asia, capital Gorno-Altaysk 瞿秋白 qū qiū bái Qu Qiubai (1899-1935), politician, Soviet expert of the Chinese communists at time of Soviet influence, publisher and Russian translator, captured and executed by Guomindang at the time of the Long March 单身贵族 單身貴族 dān shēn guì zú fig. unmarried person / single person (especially one who is comfortable financially) 中俄关系 中俄關系 zhōng é guān xì Sino-Russian relations 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 柴可夫斯基 chái kě fū sī jī Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), Russian composer 托洛茨基 託洛茨基 tuō luò cí jī Leon Trotsky (1879-1940), a leader in the Russian Revolution in 1917 加加林 jiā jiā lín Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968), Russian cosmonaut, first human in space 门捷列夫 門捷列夫 mén jié liè fū Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev (1834-1907), Russian chemist who introduced the periodic table 罗斯托夫 羅斯托夫 luó sī tuō fū Rostov-on-Don, Russian river port and regional capital close to Sea of Azov (north of the Black Sea) 白军 白軍 bái jūn White Guard or White Movement, anti-communist troops fighting against the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War (1917-1922) 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 拜科努尔 拜科努爾 bài kē nǔ ěr Baikonur (Russian space launch site in Kazakhstan) 俄罗斯族 俄羅斯族 é luó sī zú Russian ethnic group (of northeast China and Xinjiang etc) / Russian nationality / Russians (of Russia) 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 贱人 賤人 jiàn rén slut / cheap person syn 年龄 年齡 nián líng (a person's) age / CL:把[ba3],個|个[ge4] syn 坏人 壞人 huài rén bad person / villain syn 他人 tā rén another person / sb else / other people syn 主管 zhǔ guǎn in charge / responsible for / person in charge / manager syn 材料 cái liào (raw) material / data / (fig.) person who has the potential to do the job syn 废物 廢物 fèi wù rubbish / waste material / useless person syn 本人 běn rén I / me / myself / oneself / yourself / himself / herself / the person concerned syn 凯文 凱文 kǎi wén Kevin (person name) 胖子 pàng zi fat person / fatty syn 