人 rén person / people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 女人 nǚ ren wife syn 别人 別人 bié ren other people / others / other person syn 夫人 fū ren lady / madam / Mrs. / CL:位[wei4] syn 大人 dà ren adult / grownup / title of respect toward superiors syn 认 認 rèn to recognize / to know / to admit syn 任 rèn to assign / to appoint / to take up a post / office / responsibility / to let / to allow / to give free rein to / no matter (how, what etc) / classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友) syn 爱人 愛人 ài ren spouse (PRC) / lover (non-PRC) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 贵姓 貴姓 guì xìng what is your surname? / (May I ask) your surname? syn 媒人 méi ren go-between / matchmaker syn 女人 nǚ rén woman syn 儿 rén variant of 人[ren2] / "person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 10), occurring in 兒, 兀, 兄 etc syn 忍 rěn to bear / to endure / to tolerate / to restrain oneself syn 朴 piáo surname Piao / Korean surname (Park, Pak or Bak) / also pr. [Pu2] syn 仁 rén humane / kernel syn 刃 rèn edge of blade syn 壬 rén ninth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / ninth in order / letter "I" or Roman "IX" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 345° / nona 稔 rěn (literary) ripe grain / ripe / harvest / year / (literary) very familiar with / well acquainted with syn 韧 韌 rèn annealed / pliable but strong / tough / tenacious syn 妊 姙 rèn variant of 妊[ren4] 仞 rèn unit of length used in ancient times, equal to 7 or 8 Chinese feet 尺[chi3] 荏 rěn beefsteak plant (Perilla frutescens) / soft / weak syn 汉姓 漢姓 hàn xìng a Han family name (surname) / (esp.) a Han surname adopted by a person of another ethnic group 纫 紉 rèn to thread (a needle) / to sew / to stitch / (literary) very grateful syn 饪 餁 rèn variant of 飪|饪[ren4] 恁 rèn to think / this / which? / how? (literary) syn 衽 袵 rèn variant of 衽[ren4] syn 轫 軔 rèn brake 葚 rèn fruit of mulberry 那 nā surname Na 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/ old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough / unicode compatibility variant of 老 syn 区 區 ōu surname Ou 单 單 shàn surname Shan syn 某人 mǒu rén someone / a certain person / some people / I (self-address after one's surname) syn 华 華 huà Mount Hua 華山|华山[Hua4 Shan1] in Shaanxi / surname Hua syn 姓名 xìng míng surname and given name / full name syn 巴尔的摩 巴爾的摩 bā ěr dì mó Baltimore (place name, surname etc) 尼克松 ní kè sōng Richard Nixon (1913-1994), US president 1969-1974 / surname Nixon 西门 西門 xī mén two-character surname Ximen 中村 zhōng cūn Nakamura (Japanese surname) 海德 hǎi dé Hyde (surname) 山下 shān xià Yamashita (Japanese surname) syn 波罗 波羅 bō luó Polo (car made by Volkswagen) / surname Polo 铃木 鈴木 líng mù Suzuki (Japanese surname) 布尔 布爾 bù ěr Boole (surname) / (math.) Boolean 田中 tián zhōng Tianzhong Township in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[Zhang1hua4 Xian4], Taiwan / Tanaka (Japanese surname) 山本 shān běn Yamamoto (Japanese surname) 井上 jǐng shàng Inoue (Japanese surname, pr. "ee-no-oo-ay") 山田 shān tián Yamada (Japanese surname) 莱特 萊特 lái tè Wright (surname) 考克斯 kǎo kè sī Cox (surname) 惠特曼 huì tè màn Whitman (surname) / Walt Whitman (1819-1892), American poet and journalist 班克斯 bān kè sī Banks (surname) / Banksy (UK artist) 强生 強生 qiáng shēng Johnson (surname) / Johnson & Johnson (company) 老总 老總 lǎo zǒng boss / sir (person with a leading role in an organization) / (after a surname) high ranking commander in the PLA / (Qing dynasty) high ranking government official / (old) courteous term used by the general populace in addressing a rank-and-file soldier or police officer syn 小林 xiǎo lín Kobayashi (Japanese surname) 施密特 shī mì tè Schmidt or Schmitt (surname) 和田 hé tián see 和田地區|和田地区[He2tian2 Di4qu1] / Wada (Japanese surname and place name) 高桥 高橋 gāo qiáo Takahashi (Japanese surname) 南宫 南宮 nán gōng two-character surname Nangong / Nangong, county-level city in Xingtai 邢台[Xing2tai2], Hebei 大和 dà hé Yamato, an ancient Japanese province, a period of Japanese history, a place name, a surname etc / Daiwa, a Japanese place name, business name etc 松本 鬆本 sōng běn Matsumoto (Japanese surname and place name) 伊藤 yī téng Itō or Itoh, Japanese surname / Ito-Yokado (supermarket) (abbr. for 伊藤洋華堂|伊藤洋华堂[Yi1teng2 Yang2hua2tang2]) 邱吉尔 邱吉爾 qiū jí ěr Winston Churchill (1874-1965), UK politican and prime minister 1940-1945 and 1951-1955 / surname Churchill 渡边 渡邊 dù biān Watanabe (Japanese surname) 吉田 jí tián Yoshida (Japanese surname and place name) 独孤 獨孤 dú gū two-character surname Dugu 诸葛 諸葛 zhū gě two-character surname Zhuge / Taiwan pr. [Zhu1ge2] 桥本 橋本 qiáo běn Hashimoto (Japanese surname and place name) 司马 司馬 sī mǎ Minister of War (official title in pre-Han Chinese states) / two-character surname Sima 夏侯 xià hóu two-character surname Xiahou 弗格森 fú gé sēn Ferguson (surname) 木村 mù cūn Kimura (Japanese surname) 博世 bó shì Bosch (surname) / Bosch, German technology company 轩辕 軒轅 xuān yuán two-character surname Xuanyuan syn 平野 píng yě Hirano (Japanese surname) 藤森 téng sēn Fujimori (Japanese surname) / Alberto Ken'ya Fujimori (1938-), president of Peru 1990-2000 复姓 複姓 fù xìng two-character surname (such as 司馬|司马[Si1ma3] or 諸葛|诸葛[Zhu1ge3]) syn 东郭 東郭 dōng guō two-character surname Dongguo 欧阳 歐陽 ōu yáng two-character surname Ouyang 慕容 mù róng a branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑[Xian1bei1] nomadic people / two-character surname Murong 公孙 公孫 gōng sūn two-character surname Gongsun 金子 jīn zǐ Kaneko (Japanese surname) syn 百里 bǎi lǐ two-character surname Baili 宇文 yǔ wén a branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑[Xian1bei1] nomadic people / two-character surname Yuwen 皇甫 huáng fǔ two-character surname Huangfu 司空 sī kōng two-character surname Sikong 千叶 千葉 qiān yè Chiba (Japanese surname and place name) 村上 cūn shàng Murakami (Japanese surname) 完颜 完顏 wán yán two-character surname Wanyan 耶律 yē lǜ two-character surname Yelü 令狐 líng hú old place name (in present-day Linyi County 臨猗縣|临猗县[Lin2yi1 Xian4], Shanxi) / two-character surname Linghu 太史 tài shǐ two-character surname Taishi 端木 duān mù two-character surname Duanmu 尉迟 尉遲 yù chí two-character surname Yuchi 佐藤 zuǒ téng Satō (Japanese surname) 西村 xī cūn Nishimura (Japanese surname) 谷口 gǔ kǒu Taniguchi (Japanese surname) 大野 dà yě Ōno (Japanese surname and place name) 