人性 rén xìng human nature / humanity / human / the totality of human attributes syn 骷髅 骷髏 kū lóu human skeleton / human skull syn 人事 rén shì personnel / human resources / human affairs / ways of the world / (euphemism) sexuality / the facts of life syn 江湖 jiāng hú rivers and lakes / all corners of the country / remote areas to which hermits retreat / section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law / the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3xia2]) / (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc / demimonde / (in modern times) triads / secret gangster societies / underworld 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 人形 rén xíng human form / human-shaped / humanoid 人情味 rén qíng wèi human warmth / friendliness / human touch 三合会 三合會 sān hé huì triad, Chinese crime gang / triad society, anti-Manchu secret society in Qing-dynasty China 大粪 大糞 dà fèn human excrement / night soil (human manure traditionally used as agricultural fertilizer) 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]) 肌体 肌體 jī tǐ the body / organism (usually human) / (fig.) fabric (of society etc) / cohesive structure (of an entity) syn 奴隶社会 奴隸社會 nú lì shè huì slave-owning society (precedes feudal society 封建社會|封建社会 in Marxist theory) 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 社会 社會 shè huì society / CL:個|个[ge4] 学会 學會 xué huì to learn / to master / institute / learned society / (scholarly) association 协会 協會 xié huì an association / a society / CL:個|个[ge4],家[jia1] 党 黨 dǎng party / association / club / society / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 秩序 zhì xù order / orderliness (in society, in the classroom, on the roads etc) 社 shè (bound form) society / organization / agency / (old) god of the land syn 社团 社團 shè tuán association / society / group / union / club / organization 联谊会 聯誼會 lián yì huì association / club / society / party / get-together 帮会 幫會 bāng huì secret society / underworld gang 底层 底層 dǐ céng ground floor / first floor / lowest level / lowest rung (of society etc) syn 入会 入會 rù huì to join a society, association etc 阴暗面 陰暗面 yīn àn miàn the dark side (of society etc) syn 体质 體質 tǐ zhì (a person's) constitution / underlying physical condition / physical makeup / (of an organization, society etc) structural soundness 隐退 隱退 yǐn tuì to retire (from society, esp. from politics) / to vanish syn 世面 shì miàn the wider world / diverse aspects of society syn 处世 處世 chǔ shì to conduct oneself in society syn 功勋 功勛 gōng xūn achievement / meritorious deed / contributions (for the good of society) syn 领导层 領導層 lǐng dǎo céng ruling class / leaders (of society) / oligarchy 公害 gōng hài environmental pollution / social scourge / blight on society 半边天 半邊天 bàn biān tiān half the sky / women of the new society / womenfolk syn 社员 社員 shè yuán commune member (PRC, 1958-1985) / member of a society (or other organization) 大同 dà tóng see 大同市[Da4tong2 Shi4] / see 大同鄉|大同乡[Da4tong2 Xiang1] / see 大同區|大同区[Da4tong2 Qu1] / (Confucianism) Great Harmony (concept of an ideal society) 朝野 cháo yě all levels of society / the imperial court and the ordinary people 封地 fēng dì feudal fiefdom / land held as a vassal in feudal society / enfeoffment syn 白莲教 白蓮教 bái lián jiào White Lotus society 白莲 白蓮 bái lián white lotus (flower) / White Lotus society / same as 白蓮教|白莲教 原始社会 原始社會 yuán shǐ shè huì primitive society 你我 nǐ wǒ you and I / everyone / all of us (in society) / we (people in general) 小康社会 小康社會 xiǎo kāng shè huì society in which the material needs of most citizens are adequately met 封建社会 封建社會 fēng jiàn shè huì feudal society 上流社会 上流社會 shàng liú shè huì upper class / high society 人渣 rén zhā dregs of society / scum 涉世 shè shì to see the world / to go out into society / to gain experience syn 礼乐 禮樂 lǐ yuè (Confucianism) rites and music (the means of regulating society) 边缘人 邊緣人 biān yuán rén marginalized people (not part of mainstream society) / marginal man (term coined by social psychologist Kurt Lewin, referring to a person in transition between two cultures or social groups, not fully belonging to either) 外场 外場 wài cháng outside world / society syn 九三学社 九三學社 jiǔ sān xué shè Jiusan Society, one of the eight political parties of the CCP 界别 界別 jiè bié to divide up into different zones / (HK) sector of society / constituency / (taxonomy) kingdom syn 杜月笙 dù yuè shēng Du Yuesheng (1888-1951), Shanghai secret-society leader, banker, industrialist 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]) 人情 rén qíng human emotions / social relationship / friendship / favor / a good turn syn 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 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 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 七窍 七竅 qī qiào the seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth 人事处 人事處 rén shì chù human resources department 人居 rén jū human habitat 克隆人 kè lóng rén clone human 朝露 zhāo lù morning dew / fig. precarious brevity of human life / ephemeral syn 