大家 dà jiā everyone / influential family / great expert 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/ old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough / unicode compatibility variant of 老 syn 手 shǒu hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in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 大门 大門 dà mén entrance / door / gate / large and influential family 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 米歇尔 米歇爾 mǐ xiē ěr Michel or Mitchell (name) / George Mitchell (1933-), US Democratic party politician and diplomat, influential in brokering Northern Ireland peace deal in 1990s, US Middle East special envoy from 2009 重量级 重量級 zhòng liàng jí (sports) heavyweight class / (fig.) important / major / prominent / influential 小人 xiǎo rén person of low social status (old) / I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself) / nasty person / vile character syn 站台 zhàn tái platform (at a railway station) / (Tw) (of an influential person) to publicly lend one's support (e.g. for an election candidate) / (Tw) website 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 世家 shì jiā family influential for generations / aristocratic family 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 举足轻重 舉足輕重 jǔ zú qīng zhòng to play a critical role (idiom) / influential syn 奇人 qí rén an eccentric / odd person / person of extraordinary talent syn 大宗 dà zōng large amount / staple / influential family of long standing syn 献殷勤 獻殷勤 xiàn yīn qín to be particularly attentive to (an attractive young lady or man etc) / to fawn upon (an influential politician etc) / to court sb's favor / to ingratiate oneself 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 风云人物 風雲人物 fēng yún rén wù the man (or woman) of the moment (idiom) / influential figure syn 权贵 權貴 quán guì influential officials / bigwigs 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 德高望重 dé gāo wàng zhòng a person of virtue and prestige / a person of good moral standing and reputation syn 望族 wàng zú distinguished or prominent family / influential clan (old) syn 多面手 duō miàn shǒu multitalented person / versatile person / all-rounder syn 凯恩斯 凱恩斯 kǎi ēn sī Keynes (name) / John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946), influential British economist / Cairns, city in Queensland, Australia 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 大族 dà zú large and influential family / clan syn 近水楼台先得月 近水樓臺先得月 jìn shuǐ lóu tái xiān dé yuè the pavilion closest to the water enjoys moonlight first (idiom) / to benefit from intimacy with an influential person syn 豪富 háo fù rich and powerful / rich and influential person / big shot 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) 有影响 有影響 yǒu yǐng xiǎng influential 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) 宋庆龄 宋慶齡 sòng qìng líng Song Qingling (1893-1981), second wife of Sun Yat-sen 孫中山|孙中山[Sun1 Zhong1 shan1], influential political figure in China after Sun's death in 1925 梁启超 梁啟超 liáng qǐ chāo Liang Qichao (1873-1929), influential journalist and a leader of the failed reform movement of 1898 昆曲 崑曲 kūn qǔ Kunqu opera, influential musical theater originating in Kunshan, Jiangsu province in Yuan times syn 董仲舒 dǒng zhòng shū Dong Zhongshu (179-104 BC), philosopher influential in establishing Confucianism as the established system of values of former Han dynasty 严复 嚴復 yán fù Yan Fu (1853-1921), influential Chinese writer and translator of Western books, esp. on social sciences 单身贵族 單身貴族 dān shēn guì zú fig. unmarried person / single person (especially one who is comfortable financially) 王阳明 王陽明 wáng yáng míng Wang Yangming (1472-1529), Ming dynasty Neo-Confucian philosopher, influential in the School of Mind 心學|心学[xin1 xue2] 鉴真 鑒真 jiàn zhēn Jianzhen or Ganjin (688-763), Tang dynastic Buddhist monk, who crossed to Japan after several unsuccessful attempts, influential in Japanese Buddhism 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 朴正熙 piáo zhèng xī Park Chung-Hee (1917-1979), South Korean military man and dictator, president 1963-1979, influential in developing Korean industry, murdered by his bodyguard 显达 顯達 xiǎn dá illustrious / influential / prestigious 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 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 人选 人選 rén xuǎn choice of person / candidate syn 人士 rén shì person / figure / public figure syn 处境 處境 chǔ jìng situation (of a person) syn 收养 收養 shōu yǎng to take in and care for (an elderly person, a dog etc) / to adopt (a child) / adoption syn 