私人 sī rén private / personal / interpersonal / sb with whom one has a close personal relationship / a member of one's clique syn 交往 jiāo wǎng to associate (with) / to have contact (with) / to hang out (with) / to date / (interpersonal) relationship / association / contact syn 关联 關聯 guān lián to be related / to be connected / relationship / connection syn 人性 rén xìng human nature / humanity / human / the totality of human attributes syn 血统 血統 xuè tǒng blood relationship / lineage / parentage syn 义 義 yì justice / righteousness / meaning / foster (father etc) / adopted / artificial (tooth, limb etc) / relationship / friendship syn 破裂 pò liè to burst / to rupture / (of a relationship etc) to break down syn 人情 rén qíng human emotions / social relationship / friendship / favor / a good turn syn 骷髅 骷髏 kū lóu human skeleton / human skull syn 冷战 冷戰 lěng zhàn cold war / (fig.) strained relationship / to be barely on speaking terms 人事 rén shì personnel / human resources / human affairs / ways of the world / (euphemism) sexuality / the facts of life syn 肌肤 肌膚 jī fū skin / flesh / fig. close physical relationship syn 人道 rén dào human sympathy / humanitarianism / humane / the "human way", one of the stages in the cycle of reincarnation (Buddhism) / sexual intercourse syn 人为 人為 rén wéi artificial / man-made / having human cause or origin / human attempt or effort syn 人际关系 人際關系 rén jì guān xì interpersonal relationship 第三者 dì sān zhě sb who is romantically involved with sb already in a committed relationship / the other woman / the other man / third person / third party (in dispute) / disinterested party / number three in a list syn 人形 rén xíng human form / human-shaped / humanoid 缘分 緣分 yuán fèn fate or chance that brings people together / predestined affinity or relationship / (Budd.) destiny syn 失恋 失戀 shī liàn to lose one's love / to break up (in a romantic relationship) / to feel jilted 人情味 rén qíng wèi human warmth / friendliness / human touch 渊源 淵源 yuān yuán origin / source / relationship syn 谈情说爱 談情說愛 tán qíng shuō ài to murmur endearments (idiom) / to get into a romantic relationship syn 情场 情場 qíng chǎng affairs of the heart / mutual relationship 私通 sī tōng to have secret ties with / to be in covert communication with (the enemy etc) / to engage in an illicit sexual relationship / adultery syn 大粪 大糞 dà fèn human excrement / night soil (human manure traditionally used as agricultural fertilizer) syn 断交 斷交 duàn jiāo to end a relationship / to break off diplomatic ties syn 暧昧关系 曖昧關係 ài mèi guān xì shady relationship / affair / adulterous relationship 因缘 因緣 yīn yuán chance / opportunity / predestined relationship / (Buddhist) principal and secondary causes / chain of cause and effect syn 情变 情變 qíng biàn loss of love / breakup of a relationship 坚冰 jiān bīng ice / (fig.) frosty relationship 亲缘 親緣 qīn yuán blood relationship / genetic relationship / consanguinity syn 若即若离 若即若離 ruò jí ruò lí lit. seeming neither close nor distant (idiom) / fig. to keep one's distance / (of a relationship) lukewarm / vague syn 鱼水 魚水 yú shuǐ fish and water (metaphor for an intimate relationship or inseparability) syn 一号 一號 yī hào first day of the month / toilet / (slang) top (in a homosexual relationship) 亲子 親子 qīn zǐ parent and child / parent-child (relationship) / two successive generations 缘份 緣份 yuán fèn also written 緣分|缘分 / fate or chance that brings people together / predestined affinity or relationship / (Budd.) destiny 吹了 chuī le failed / busted / to have not succeeded / to have died / to have parted company / to have chilled (of a relationship) 客户关系管理 客戶關係管理 kè hù guān xi guǎn lǐ customer relationship management 血缘关系 血緣關係 xuè yuán guān xì blood relationship / consanguinity 男女关系 男女關係 nán nǚ guān xì man-woman connection / intimate relationship 人肉 rén ròu to crowdsource information about sb or sth (typically as a form of vigilantism resulting in doxing) (abbr. for 人肉搜索[ren2 rou4 sou1 suo3]) / human (used attributively, as in 人肉盾牌[ren2 rou4 dun4 pai2], human shield) 人禽流感 rén qín liú gǎn human avian influenza / human bird flu 相认 相認 xiāng rèn to know each other / to recognize / to identify / to acknowledge (an old relationship) 睦邻 睦鄰 mù lín to get on well with one's neighbors / amicable relationship with one's neighbor syn 不伦 不倫 bù lún (of a relationship) improper (adulterous, incestuous, teacher-student etc) / unseemly 插足 chā zú to squeeze in / to step in / to take part / to step between (two persons in a relationship) syn 因由 yīn yóu reason / cause / predestined relationship (Buddhism) syn 隔山 gé shān half-sibling relationship / brothers with different mother / step- 客户关系管理系统 kè hù guān xì guǎn lǐ xì tǒng Customer and Relationship Management System 鱼水情 魚水情 yú shuǐ qíng close relationship as between fish and water syn 踢 tī to kick / to play (e.g. soccer) / (slang) butch (in a lesbian relationship) syn 堂 táng (main) hall / large room for a specific purpose / CL:間|间[jian1] / relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family / of the same clan / classifier for classes, lectures etc / classifier for sets of furniture syn 婆 pó (bound form) grandmother / (bound form) matron / (bound form) mother-in-law / (slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship) syn 了断 了斷 liǎo duàn to bring to a conclusion / to settle (a dispute) / to do away with (oneself) / to break off (a relationship) / resolution (of a problem) syn 掰 bāi to break off or break open sth with one's hands / (fig.) to break off (a relationship) syn 傍 bāng near / approaching / to depend on / (slang) to have an intimate relationship with sb / Taiwan pr. pang2, bang1, bang4 syn 傍 bàng near / approaching / to depend on / (slang) to have an intimate relationship with sb / Taiwan pr. [pang2], [bang1], [bang4] syn 连襟 連襟 lián jīn husbands of sisters / brothers-in-law / extremely close (of a relationship) syn 黄昏恋 黃昏戀 huáng hūn liàn fig. romantic relationship between an elderly couple / falling in love in the autumn of one's life 人类 人類 rén lèi humanity / human race / mankind syn 人体 人體 rén tǐ human body syn 人间 人間 rén jiān the human world / the earth syn 后背 後背 hòu bèi the back (human anatomy) / the back part of sth syn 罗斯 羅斯 luó sī Roth, Ross, Rose or Rossi (name) / Kenneth Roth (1955-), executive director of Human Rights Watch 人權觀察|人权观察[Ren2 quan2 Guan1 cha2] / Rus' (as in Kievan Rus' 基輔羅斯|基辅罗斯[Ji1 fu3 Luo2 si1]) 人身 rén shēn person / personal / human body syn 人命 rén mìng human life / CL:條|条[tiao2] syn 人权 人權 rén quán human rights 人手 rén shǒu manpower / staff / human hand syn 背部 bèi bù back (of a human or other vertebrate, or of an object) syn 气候 氣候 qì hòu (meteorology) climate / (fig.) climate / prevailing conditions (in human affairs) / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn 躯体 軀體 qū tǐ (human) body syn 古人 gǔ rén people of ancient times / the ancients / extinct human species such as Homo erectus or Homo neanderthalensis / (literary) deceased person syn 定律 dìng lǜ scientific law (e.g. law of conservation of energy) / (in human affairs) a generalization based on observation (e.g. "power corrupts") syn 植物人 zhí wù rén person in a vegetative state / human vegetable syn 人影 rén yǐng the shadow of a human figure / a trace of a person's presence (usu. combined with a negative verb) syn 蛇头 蛇頭 shé tóu head of a snake / human smuggler 遗骸 遺骸 yí hái (dead) human remains syn 艾滋病毒 ài zī bìng dú human immune deficiency virus (HIV) / the AIDS virus 人事部 rén shì bù personnel office / human resources (HR) 太阳穴 太陽穴 tài yáng xué temple (on the sides of human head) 人际 人際 rén jì human relationships / interpersonal 下凡 xià fán (of immortals) to descend to the human world 叠罗汉 疊羅漢 dié luó hàn human pyramid syn 人性化 rén xìng huà (of a system or product etc) adapted to human needs / people-oriented / user-friendly 脊背 jǐ bèi back (of a human or other vertebrate) syn 遗骨 遺骨 yí gǔ (dead) human remains syn 红尘 紅塵 hóng chén the world of mortals (Buddhism) / human society / worldly affairs syn 脊梁 jǐ liang (coll.) back (of a human or other vertebrate) 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 人文 rén wén humanities / human affairs / culture 喜怒哀乐 喜怒哀樂 xǐ nù āi lè four types of human emotions, namely: happiness 歡喜|欢喜[huan1 xi3], anger 憤怒|愤怒[fen4 nu4], sorrow 悲哀[bei1 ai1] and joy 快樂|快乐[kuai4 le4] syn 背脊 bèi jǐ the back of the human body syn 人烟 人煙 rén yān sign of human habitation syn 入世 rù shì to engage with secular society / to involve oneself in human affairs / to join the WTO (abbr. for 加入世界貿易組織|加入世界贸易组织[jia1 ru4 Shi4 jie4 Mao4 yi4 Zu3 zhi1]) 拐卖 拐賣 guǎi mài human trafficking / to abduct and sell / to kidnap and sell 草菅人命 cǎo jiān rén mìng to have disregard for human life (idiom) syn 人中 rén zhōng philtrum / infranasal depression / the "human center" acupuncture point 寒毛 hán máo fine hair on the human body syn 人贩子 人販子 rén fàn zi human trafficker 