正 zhèng straight / upright / proper / main / principal / to correct / to rectify / exactly / just (at that time) / right (in that place) / (math.) positive 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/ old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough / unicode compatibility variant of 老 syn 手 shǒu hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in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 方 fāng square / power or involution (math.) / upright / honest / fair and square / direction / side / party (to a contract, dispute etc) / place / method / prescription (medicine) / just when / only or just / classifier for square things / abbr. for square or cubic meter syn 规矩 規矩 guī ju lit. compass and set square / fig. established standard / rule / customs / practices / fig. upright and honest / well-behaved syn 普通人 pǔ tōng rén ordinary person / private citizen / people / the person in the street syn 前门 前門 qián mén front door / main entrance / honest and upright approach (as opposed to 後門|后门, back-door or under the counter) 正直 zhèng zhí upright / upstanding / honest syn 每人 měi rén each person / everybody / per person syn 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 正派 zhèng pài (of a person) upright / respectable / decent / (Tw) (of a business etc) reputable 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 笔直 筆直 bǐ zhí perfectly straight / straight as a ramrod / bolt upright 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 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 端正 duān zhèng upright / regular / proper / correct syn 直立 zhí lì erect / upright / vertical syn 坚挺 堅挺 jiān tǐng firm and upright / strong (of currency) syn 奇人 qí rén an eccentric / odd person / person of extraordinary talent syn 能人 néng rén capable person / Homo habilis, extinct species of upright East African hominid syn 正值 zhèng zhí just at the time of / honest / upright / (math.) positive value 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 堂堂正正 táng táng zhèng zhèng displaying strength and discipline / impressive / upright and frank / square syn 笔挺 筆挺 bǐ tǐng (standing) very straight / straight as a ramrod / bolt upright / well-ironed / trim syn 矗立 chù lì to tower / standing tall and upright (of large building) syn 端坐 duān zuò to sit upright syn 清正 qīng zhèng upright and honorable syn 怦怦 pēng pēng thumping sound (onom.) / to be eager and anxious (to do sth) / faithful and upright 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 光明磊落 guāng míng lěi luò open and candid (idiom) / straightforward and upright syn 青天 qīng tiān clear sky / blue sky / upright and honorable (official) syn 挺立 tǐng lì to stand erect / to stand upright syn 多面手 duō miàn shǒu multitalented person / versatile person / all-rounder syn 竖立 豎立 shù lì to erect / to set upright / to stand syn 清贫 清貧 qīng pín poor but upright / destitute syn 昂然 áng rán upright and unafraid syn 伟岸 偉岸 wěi àn imposing / upright and tall / outstanding / gigantic in stature syn 清官 qīng guān honest and upright official (traditional) syn 刚正不阿 剛正不阿 gāng zhèng bù ē upright and plainspoken syn 有心人 yǒu xīn rén resolute person / person with aspirations / people who feel / people who use their heads syn 嶙峋 lín xún bony (of people) / craggy / rugged (of terrain) / upright (of people) syn 名士 míng shì (old) a person of literary talent / a celebrity (esp. a distinguished literary person having no official post) syn 刚正 剛正 gāng zhèng honest / upright syn 刚烈 剛烈 gāng liè resolute and upright in character / unyielding / staunch syn 明眼人 míng yǎn rén perspicacious person / sb with a discerning eye / sighted person (as opposed to blind) syn 苍劲 蒼勁 cāng jìn bold / upright and strong / vigorous / forceful (brush strokes) / sureness of touch 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) 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 鱼头 魚頭 yú tóu fish head / fig. upright and unwilling to compromise 传奇人物 傳奇人物 chuán qí rén wù legendary person / legend (i.e. person) 扶正 fú zhèng to set sth upright or straight / to promote an employee from part-time to full-time (or from deputy to principal) / (old) to raise from concubine to wife status 正人君子 zhèng rén jūn zi upright gentleman / man of honor syn 竖直 豎直 shù zhí vertical / to erect / to set upright / vertical stroke in Chinese characters / young servant (old) 正襟危坐 zhèng jīn wēi zuò to sit upright and still (idiom) syn 铁面 鐵面 tiě miàn iron mask (as defensive armor) / fig. upright and selfless person 刚直 剛直 gāng zhí upright and outspoken syn 劲草 勁草 jìng cǎo tough upright grass / (fig.) a staunch character who is loyal despite danger and hardship 偏斜 piān xié crooked / not upright / diverging from straight line / improper / dishonest syn 单身贵族 單身貴族 dān shēn guì zú fig. unmarried person / single person (especially one who is comfortable financially) 兀立 wù lì to stand upright and motionless syn 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 腰 yāo the waist and lower back / (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food) / the waist of trousers or a skirt / (metonym) money pouch / pocket / (bound form) the middle section of an upright object (mountain, bottle etc) syn 戳 chuō to jab / to poke / to stab / (coll.) to sprain / to blunt / to fuck (vulgar) / to stand / to stand (sth) upright / stamp / seal syn 贤 賢 xián worthy or virtuous person / honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation syn 烈 liè ardent / intense / fierce / stern / upright / to give one's life for a noble cause / exploits / achievements syn 碑 bēi a monument / an upright stone tablet / stele / CL:塊|块[kuai4],面[mian4] syn 耿 gěng (literary) bright / brilliant / honest / upright syn 端方 duān fāng upright / honest / proper / correct 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 清官难断家务事 清官難斷家務事 qīng guān nán duàn jiā wù shì even an honest and upright official will have difficulty resolving a family dispute (proverb) 辩士 辯士 biàn shì eloquent person / person with rhetoric skills syn 矗 chù lofty / upright syn 伉 kàng spouse / big and tall / strong / robust / upright and outspoken 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) 