人 (jan4 | ren2) : person; human being

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人

jan4

ren2

[1] person; people; human being
[2] everybody; each; all
[3] grown-up; adult; manhood
[4] persons of a certain kind
[5] a person's character, reputation, etc
[6] a person's physical or mental condition
[7] manpower; staff; human resources

(Classifier(s): 個, 班, 群)

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Stroke count: 2

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Radical: 亻 (#9)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

人

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收件人 sau1 gin6 jan4 shou1 jian4 ren2 = recipient (of mail)

舉人 geoi2 jan4 ju3 ren2 = graduate; successful candidate in the imperial provincial examination

旁人 pong4 jan4 pang2 ren2 = other people; bystanders; onlookers; outsiders

安人 on1 jan4 an1 ren2 = to pacify the people / landlady (old) / wife of 員外｜员外, landlord

大人 daai6 jan4 da4 ren5/2 = adult; Your Honour

人生 jan4 sang1 ren2 sheng1 = life

人口 jan4 hau2 ren2 kou3 = population

日本人 jat6 bun2 jan4 ri4 ben3 ren2 = Japanese person

女人 neoi5 jan4*2 nv3 ren2 = woman; girl

男人 naam4 jan4*2 nan2 ren2 = man

行人 hang4 jan4 xing2 ren2 = passers-by, pedestrians

夫人 fu1 jan4/4*2 fu1 ren5 = wife (another man's ); madam

人魚 jan4 jyu4 ren2 yu2 = Mermaid; Merman

美人魚 mei5 jan4 jyu4 mei3 ren2 yu2 = Mermaid (Beautiful)

雪人 syut3 jan4 xue3 ren2 = snowman; yeti

人哋 jan4 dei6 = other people, everybody else; he, she, they; I, me 粵

中國人 zung1 gwok3 jan4 zhong1 guo2 ren2 = Chinese person/people

香港人 hoeng1 gong2 jan4 xiang1 gang3 ren2 = Hong Kong person/people

英國人 jing1 gwok3 jan4 ying1 guo2 ren2 = British person/people

美國人 mei5 gwok3 jan4 mei3 guo2 ren2 = American person

家人 gaa1 jan4 jia1 ren2 = one's family

先人 sin1 jan4 xian1 ren2 = forefathers

人一 jan4 jat1 = congregation

人人 jan4 jan4 ren2 ren2 = everybody

好人 hou2 jan4 hao3 ren2 = good person

成年人 sing4 nin4 jan4 cheng2 nian2 ren2 = adult

人地 jan4 dei6 = variant of 人哋粵

美人 mei5 jan4 mei3 ren2 = beautiful woman; beauty

人手 jan4 sau2 ren2 shou3 = manpower

人數 jan4 sou3 ren2 shu4 = number of people

人造 jan4 zou6 ren2 zao4 = man-made

人民 jan4 man4 ren2 min2 = the people, populace

聖誕老人 sing3 daan3 lou5 jan4 sheng4 dan4 lao3 ren2 = Father Christmas (Santa Claus)

他人 taa1 jan4 ta1 ren2 = other people

主人 zyu2 jan4 zhu3 ren2 = master

行人路 hang4 jan4 lou6 = pavement; footpath; sidewalk 粵

人哋嘅 jan4 dei6 ge3 = other people's 粵

經紀人 ging1 gei2 jan4 jing1 ji4 ren2 = agent; broker

華人 waa4 jan4 hua2 ren2 = a Chinese person; the Chinese people

人力車 jan4 lik6 ce1 = rickshaw

人才 jan4 coi4 ren2 cai2 = a talented person; human resources

人家 jan4 gaa1 ren2 jia1 = others; other people

人們 jan4 mun4 ren2 men5 = people; folk 國

成人 sing4 jan4 cheng2 ren2 = adult

港人 gong2 jan4 gang3 ren2 = Hong Kong person / people

人造牛油 jan4 zou6 ngau4 jau4 = margarine 粵

叫人 giu3 jan4 = address a person by title or relationship to you

病人 beng6 jan4 bing4 ren2 = [n] patient; sick person

嚇人 haak3 jan4 = [v] to scare someone

別人 bit6 jan4 bie2 ren2 = other people

本人 bun2 jan4 ben3 ren2 = oneself; in person

一人計短，二人計長 jat1 jan4 gai3 dyun2 ji6 jan4 gai3 coeng4 yi4 ren2 ji4 duan3 er4 ren2 ji4 chang2 = two heads are better than one 粵

人力 jan4 lik6 ren2 li4 = manpower; human strength

人參 jan4 sam1 ren2 shen1 = ginseng, panax

猿人 jyun4 jan4 yuan2 ren2 = ape man

人氣 jan4 hei3 = popularity 粵

個人 go3 jan4 ge4 ren2 = individual; personal

三人一條心，黃土變成金 saam1 jan4 jat1 tiu4 sam1 wong4 tou2 bin3 sing4 gam1 san1 ren2 yi4 tiao2 xin1 huang2 tu3 bian4 cheng2 jin1 = Three men of one heart can transform yellow earth into gold

工人 gung1 jan4 gong1 ren2 = labourer

飛行人 fei1 haang4 jan4 = flyer/aviator

一個人 jat1 go3 jan4 yi1 ge4 ren2 = a person; alone, by oneself

本地人 bun2 dei6 jan4 ben3 di4 ren2 = locals here

外國人 ngoi6 gwok3 jan4 wai4 guo2 ren2 = a foreigner

每人 mui5 jan4 mei3 ren2 = [1] each person, [2] per person

每個人 mui5 go3 jan4 mei3 ge5 ren2 = everyone, everybody

令人 ling6 jan4 ling4 ren2 = to make someone + verb (to be, to feel, etc.)

愛人 oi3 jan4 ai4 ren5 = spouse, husband, wife, sweetheart

法人 faat3 jan4 fa3 ren2 = lawyer, paralegal, etc. (lit: "law person")

人次 jan4 ci3 ren2 ci4 = person-count; attendances; attendance count

中間人 zung1 gaan1 jan4 = go-between, intermediary, middle-man

婦人 fu5 jan4 fu4 ren2 = married woman

古人 gu2 jan4 = people from ancient times

人造黃油 jan4 zou6 wong4 jau4 ren2 zao4 huang2 you2 = margarine 國

小人 siu2 jan4; siu2 jan4*2 xiao3 ren2 = I; me; flunky, villain

老人家 lou5 jan4 gaa1 lao3 ren2 jia1 = polite term for an old woman or man

年輕人 nin4 hing1 jan4 nian2 qing1 ren2 = young people, youngster 國

其他人 kei4 taa1 jan4 qi2 ta1 ren2 = other people

怕人 paa3 jan4 = shy person

所有人 so2 jau5 jan4 = possessor

一班人 jat1 baan1 jan4 yi1 ban1 ren2 = a group of people

人品 jan4 ban2 = bearing; character; moral quality; moral standing

國人 gwok3 jan4 = countrymen

文職人員 man4 zik1 jan4 jyun4 = civilian staff (common formation)

屋企人 uk1 kei5*2 jan4 = family; member of family 粵

線人 sin3 jan4 xian4 ren2 = narc, tipster, stool pigeon, informant

嫁人 gaa3 jan4 = (of a girl) marry a man

人日 jan4 jat6/jat6*2 ren2 ri4 = Everybody's Birthday

熟人 suk6 jan4 shu2 ren2 = a person one knows well; good acquaintance

人頭豬腦 jan4 tau4 zyu1 nou5 = a stupid person 粵

漢人 hon3 jan4 han4 ren2 = Han Chinese person or people

法國人 faat3 gwok3 jan4 fa4/3 guo2 ren2 (Taiwan/PRC) = Frenchman; French person

土人 tou2 jan4 tu3 ren2 = an aborigine, a native

乜人 mat1 jan6 = who? whom? whose? anyone? 粵

文明人 man4 ming4 jan4 wen2 ming2 ren2 = civilized man

採訪人員 coi2 fong2 jan4 jyun4 cai3 fang3 ren2 yuan2 = correspondent; reporter

佳人 gaai1 jan4 jia1 ren2 = belle; beauty

熊人 hung4 jan4*2 = a bear

失禮死人 sat1 lai5 sei2 jan4 shi1 li3 si3 ren2 = extremely embarrassing 粵

司法人員 si1 faat3 jan4 jyun4 si1 fa3 ren2 yuan2 = judicial staff

呢等人 ni1 ting2 jan4 = this kind of people 粵

男人味 naam4 jan4*2 mei6 nan2 ren2 wei4 = masculine; man smell

火柴人 fo2 caai4*2 jan4 = skinny; matchstick man

啲人 di1 jan4 = people 粵

過路人 gwo3 lou6 jan4 guo4 lu4 ren2 = passer-by

當地人 dong1 dei6 jan4 dang1 di4 ren2 = locals there

舊情人 gau6 cing4 jan4 jiu4 qing2 ren2 = ex-lover

半人馬 bun jan4 maa5 ban4 ren2 ma3 = centaur

走人 zau2 jan4 zou3 ren2 = leave, walk away

擳人 zit1 jan4 = to tickle someone 粵

人文學 jan4 man4 hok6 ren2 wen2 xue2 = humanities (course of study)

大陸人 daai6 luk6 jan4 da4 lu4 ren2 = Mainland Chinese

生意人 saang1 ji3 jan4 sheng1 yi4 ren2 = businessman

學人 hok6 jan4 xue2 ren2 = scholar; learned person

強人 koeng4 jan4 qiang2 ren2 = strongman

有色人種 jau5 sik1 jan4 zung2 you3 se4 ren2 zhong3 = coloured race

人民幣 jan4 man4 bai6 ren2 min2 bi4 = Chinese currency renminbi

唐人街 tong4 jan4 gaai1 tang2 ren2 jie1 = Chinatown

冰人 bing1 jan4 = matchmaker

情人節 cing4 jan4 zit3 qing2 ren2 jie2 = Valentine's Day

仙人掌 sin1 jan4 zoeng2 xian1 ren2 zhang3 = cactus

不人道 bat1 jan4 dou6 bu4 ren2 dao4 = inhuman 國

人道 jan4 dou6 ren2 dao4 = human, humane; humanity; the Confucius teaching "The Way of Man"

男人老狗 naam4 jan4 lou5 gau2 = A (real) man

外星人 ngoi6 sing1 jan4 wai4 xing1 ren2 = alien, extra-terrestrial

超人 ciu1 jan4 chao1 ren2 = superhero; superman

殺人 saat3 jan4 sha1 ren2 = to kill a person

鄉下人 hoeng1 haa6*2 jan4 xiang1 xia4 ren2 = a country bumpkin

活人 wut6 jan4 = a person who is full of life 國

行人道 haang4 jan4 dou6 = [1] footpath; walkway [2] pavement; sidewalk 粵

人行道 jan4 haang4 dou6 ren2 xing2 dao4 = 1] footpath; walkway [2] pavement; sidewalk 國

差人 caai1 jan4 = a policeman 粵

自己人 zi6 gei2/2*1 jan4 zi4 ji3 ren2 = one's own people

死人頭 sei2 jan4 tau4 si3 ren2 tou2 = term of abuse 粵

人客 jan4 haak3 = a guest; guests 粵

客人 haak3 jan4 ke4 ren5 = a guest; guests

中華人民共和國 zung1 waa4 jan4 man4 gung6 wo4 gwok3 zhong1 hua2 ren2 min2 gong4 he2 guo2 = The People's Republic of China

人權 jan4 kyun4 ren2 quan2 = human rights

蝦人 haa1 jan4 = to bully people 粵

猶太人 jau4 taai3 jan4 you2 tai4 ren2 = Jew; a Jewish person

做人 zou6 jan4 zuo4 ren2 = to behave properly

敵人 dik6 jan4 di2 ren2 = enemy

人怕出名豬怕壯 jan4 paa3 ceot1 meng4*2 zyu1 paa3 zong3 = Seeking fame is akin to a pig seeking slaughter

太空人 taai3 hung1 jan4 tai4 kong1 ren2 = astronaut; taikonaut

委託代理人 wai2 tok3 doi6 lei5 jan4 = proxy, consignee

戀人 lyun2 jan4 lian4 ren2 = sweetheart, lover

任何人 jam6 ho4 jan4 ren4 he2 ren2 = anybody; anyone

何人 ho4 jan4 he2 ren2 = who?[國] 國

合伙人 hap6 fo2 jan4 = a partner

人質 jan4 zi3 ren2 zhi4 = hostage; hostages

人情味 jan4 cing4 mei6 = human touch

女人味 neoi5 jan4*2 mei6 nv3 ren2 wei4 = feminine, femininity

損人利己 syun2 jan4 lei6 gei2 sun3 ren2 li4 ji3 = to profit at the expense of others

私人 si1 jan4 si1 ren2 = private

商人 soeng1 jan4 shang1 ren2 = a businessperson; a merchant

生人 saang1 jan4 sheng1 ren2 = a stranger

詩人 si1 jan4 shi1 ren2 = poet; bard

一人做事，一人當 jat1 jan4 zou6 si6 jat1 jan4 dong1 = one must bear the consequences of one's actions 粵

人事 jan4 si6*2 ren2 shi4 = human affairs

人員 jan4 jyun4 ren2 yuan2 = staff; personnel

人均 jan4 gwan1 ren2 jun1 = per capita

人士 jan4 si6 ren2 shi4 = person; figure

人工 jan4 gung1 ren2 gong1 = manpower; manual labour; pay

人心 jan4 sam1 ren2 xin1 = the will of the people

人性 jan4 sing3 ren2 xing4 = human nature

人情 jan4 cing4 ren2 qing2 = human emotions

人格 jan4 gaak3 ren2 ge2 = personality

人為 jan4 wai4 ren2 wei2 = artificial; man-made

人物 jan4 mat6*2 ren2 wu4 = figure; personage; character

人群 jan4 kwan4 ren2 qun2 = a crowd of people

人身 jan4 san1 ren2 shen1 = personal

人道主義 jan4 dou6 zyu2 ji6 ren2 dao4 zhu3 yi4 = humanism

人間 jan4 gaan1 ren2 jian1 = the world; man's world

人類 jan4 leoi6 ren2 lei4 = humankind; mankind

人體 jan4 tai2 ren2 ti3 = the human body

遊人 jau4 jan4 = tourist; visitor

用人 jung6 jan4 yong4 ren2 = helper; servant

引人注目 jan5 jan4 zyu3 muk6 yin3 ren2 zhu4 mu4 = striking

友人 jau5 jan4 you3 ren2 = a friend

主人翁 zyu2 jan4 jung1 zhu3 ren2 weng1 = master; leading character

人口過剩 jan4 hau2 gwo3 sing6/zing6 = overpopulation

專人 zyun1 jan4 zhuan1 ren2 = specialist; specially appointed person

眾人 zung3 jan4 zhong4 ren2 = everyone

白人 baak6 jan4 bai2 ren2 = caucasian, the white people

人口密度 jan4 hau2 mat6 dou6 ren2 kou3 mi4 du4 = population density

個人資料 go3 jan4 zi1 liu6*2 ge4 ren2 zi1 liao4 = personal information

新人 san1 jan4 xin1 ren2 = newlywed; new person

軍人 gwan1 jan4 jun1 ren2 = soldier; military personnel; serviceman; servicewoman

驚人 ging1 jan4 jing1 ren2 = frightening; amazing; astonishing; alarming; scary

承包人 sing4 baau1 jan4 cheng2 bao1 ren2 = contractor

前人 cin4 jan4 qian2 ren2 = predecessors; ancestors; prehominids

雞髀打人牙骹軟 gai1 bei2 daa2 jan4 ngaa4 gaau3 jyun5 = to bribe someone with a small gift 粵

瓜無滾圓,人無十全 gwaa1 mou4 gwan2 jyun4 jan4 mou4 sap6 cyun4 gua1 wu2 gun3 yuan2 ren2 wu2 shi2 quan2 = Nothing is perfect

家不和,外人欺 gaa1 bat1 wo4 ngoi6 jan4 hei1 jia1 bu4 he2 wai4 ren2 qi1 = A family without harmony can be exploited or bullied by outsiders 國

窮人 kung4 jan4 qiong2 ren2 = poor people; pauper; the poor

親人 can1 jan4 qin1 ren2 = loved ones; one's own relatives; one's own people

文人 man4 jan4 wen2 ren2 = scholar; a person of letters

當事人 dong1 si6 jan4 dang1 shi4 ren2 = client; person involved

令人作嘔 ling6 jan4 zok3 au2 ling4 ren2 zuo4 ou3 = nauseating, to make one sick

令人難忘 ling6 jan4 naan4 mong4 ling4 ren2 nan2 wang4 = unforgettable (because sth is extraordinary, impressive, astounding)

動人 dung6 jan4 dong4 ren2 = moving; touching; poignant; heart-rending

丟人 diu1 jan4 diu1 ren2 = to lose face; to be disgraced

人字拖鞋 jan4 zi6 to1 haai4 = flip-flops; y-shaped sandals 粵

閃人 sim2 jan4 shan3 ren2 = "I'll leave this place" 粵

租借人 zou1 ze3 jan4 zu1 jie4 ren2 = leaseholder; lessee; tenant (common formation)

人大 jan4 daai6 ren2 da4 = National People's Congress (of China)

人選 jan4 syun2 ren2 xuan3 = person hand picked/selected (for a job, task, etc)

主持人 zyu2 ci4 jan4 zhu3 chi2 ren2 = anchorman; host

不得人心 bat1 dak1 jan4 sam1 bu4 de2 ren2 xin1 = unpopular 國

罪人 zeoi6 jan4 zui4 ren2 = a sinner

情人 cing4 jan4 qing2 ren2 = sweetheart, lover, soul mate

普通人 pou2 tung1 jan4 = the average person, the everyman

同人 tung4 jan4 tong2 ren2 = coterie; fellow workers; colleagues; brothers; fraternity

局外人 guk6 ngoi6 jan4 = [1] an outsider, [2] a wallflower

野人 je5 jan4 = a savage

為人 wai4 jan4; wai6 jan4 wei2 ren2; wei4 ren2 = to behave; for others' interest

候選人 hau6 syun2 jan4 hou4 xuan3 ren2 = candidate

犯人 faan6 jan4 fan4 ren2 = convict; prisoner

工人階級 gung1 jan4 gaai1 kap1 gong1 ren2 jie1 ji2 = the working class

持有人 ci4 jau5 jan4 chi2 you3 ren2 = holder

申請人 san1 cing2 jan4 shen1 qing3 ren2 = applicant

發言人 faat3 jin4 jan4 fa1 yan2 ren2 = spokesperson

老人 lou5 jan4 lao3 ren2 = old people, the elderly or aged

證人 zing3 jan4 zheng4 ren2 = a witness

負責人 fu6 zaak3 jan4 fu4 ze2 ren2 = person in charge (of something)

黑人 hak1 jan4 = black person

領導人 ling5 dou6 jan4 ling3 dao3 ren2 = leader

人渣 jan4 zaa1 ren2 zha1 = scumbag; dregs

代言人 doi6 jin4 jan4 = spokesperson

接班人 zip3 baan1 jan4 jie1 ban1 ren2 = successor; next generation; younger generation

逼人 bik1 jan4 bi1 ren2 = pressing, threatening

經理人 ging1 lei5 jan4 jing1 li3 ren2 = handler, agent

某人 mau5 jan4 mou3 ren2 = a certain person; someone

納稅人 naap6 seoi3 jan4 na4 shui4 ren2 = taxpayer

一般人 jat1 bun1 jan4 yi1 ban1 ren2 = the everyman

人之常情 jan4 zi1 soeng4 cing4 ren2 zhi1 chang2 qing2 = normal human feelings

內人 noi6 jan4 = wife

各人 gok3 jan4 = each one

外人 ngoi6 jan4 wai4 ren2 = outsider; foreigner

黃蜂尾後針最毒婦人心 wong4 fung1 mei5 hau5 zam1 zeoi3 duk6 fu5 jan4 sam1 huang2 feng1 wei3 hou1 zhen1 zui4 du2 fu4 ren2 xin1 = a woman can be deadly and vicious (more than the hornet's sting)

有人 jau5 jan4 = somebody; someone

死人 sei2 jan4 si3 ren2 = dead body; devil; extremely

路人 lou6 jan4 = passerby; stranger; bystanders in the street

人權法 jan4 kyun4 faat3 = human right act

人潮 jan4 ciu4 = stream of people

受害人 sau6 hoi6 jan4 shou4 hai4 ren2 = victim

召集人 ziu6 zaap6 jan4 = convenor

人馬 jan4 maa5 = forces; troops

孤家寡人 gu1 gaa1 gwaa2 jan4 gu1 jia1 gua3 ren2 = loner

機械人 gei1 haai6 jan4 ji1 xie4 ren2 = robot

羞人 sau1 jan4 = feel abashed

蛙人 waa1 jan4 = frogman

大有人在 daai6 jau5 jan4 zoi6 da4 you3 ren2 zai4 = such persons are by no means rare

來人 loi4 jan4*2 lai2 ren2 = bearer; messenger; incoming envoy; person(s) coming

過來人 gwo3 loi4 jan4*2 guo4 lai2 ren2 = sb. who has had a particular experience

中華人民 zung1 waa4 jan4 man4 = Chinese people

途人 tou4 jan4 tu2 ren2 = passer-by; bystander; pedestrian

三項鐵人 saam1 hong6 tit3 jan4 = triathlon

人妖 jan4 jiu2 ren2 yao1 = shemale; ladyboy (transsexual, transvestite)

人民解放軍 jan4 man4 gaai2 fong3 gwan1 = People's Liberation Army (PLA)

人蔘 jan4 sam1 = ginseng

人造皮 jan4 zou6 pei4*2 ren2 zao4 pi2 = synthetic leather

人馬星座 jan4 maa5 sing1 zo6 = Sagittarius

叫價人 giu3 gaa3 jan4 = bidder

打小人 daa2 siu2 jan4*2 da2 xiao3 ren2 = Villain Hitting. A Chinese Guangdong/Hong Kong folk sorcery. Demon exorcising.

私人電腦 si1 jan4 din6 nou5 = personal computer

行人天橋 hang4 jan4 tin1 kiu4 = footbridge 粵

拉人 laai1 jan4 = recruit men for service; holding; [粵] to arrest sb

唔做中，唔做保，唔做媒人,三代好 m4 zou6 zung1, m4 zou6 bou2, m4 zou6 mui4 jan4*2 saam1 doi6 hou2 = do not be a middleman, guarantor or matchmaker then you will have a good future 粵

煩人 faan4 jan4 = annoying; vexing; troubling

盡人事 zeon6 jan4 si6*2 = to do all that is humanly possible (with little hope of success)

一家人 jat1 gaa1 jan4 = of the same family; of one family; a household

做人情 zou6 jan4 cing4 = to give somebody a favor

原班人馬 jyun4 baan1 jan4 maa5 = the same batch of people; the old cast

成人電影 sing4 jan4 din6 jing2 cheng2 ren2 dian4 ying3 = an adult movie; an X-rated movie

不甘後人 bat1 gam1 hau6 jan4 = cannot bear playing second fiddle 國

人怕出名豬怕肥 jan4 paa3 ceot1 meng4*2 zyu1 paa3 fei4 ren2 pa4 chu1 ming2 zhu1 pa4 fei2 = fame portends trouble for men just as fattening does for pigs

住家男人 zyu6 gaa1 naam4 jan4*2 = house husband

係人都知 hai6 jan4 dou1 zi1 = public knowledge 粵

夾心人 gaap3 sam1 jan4 = sandwich

對頭人 deoi3 tau4 jan4 = opponent; enemy; nemesis 粵

賊人 caak6 jan4 zei2 ren2 = burglar

男人婆 naam4 jan4 po4 = tomboy

男人頭 naam4 jan4 tau4 = woman who looks, acts like a man

西人 sai1 jan4 xi1 ren2 = a western person; a westerner; a caucasian man 粵

高人 gou1 jan4 gao1 ren2 = master hand

猛人 maang5 jan4 = somebody else

殺人王 saat3 jan4 wong4 = mass murderer; serial killer

衰人 seoi1 jan4 = a bad person, unpleasant person; the police (slang) 粵

唐人 tong4 jan4 = Chinese person

接收人 zip3 sau1 jan4 = recipient

食人者 sik6 jan4 ze2 shi2 ren2 zhe3 = cannibal

人肉炸彈 jan4 juk6 zaa3 daan6*2 = suicide bomber

常人 soeng4 jan4 chang2 ren2 = an ordinary person

之人地 zi1 jan4 dei6 = this type of man

人瑞 jan4 seoi6 = a venerable old man (woman), usually a benefactor of mankind

捉伊人 zuk1 ji1 jan4*1 = hide and seek; [國]捉迷藏粵

人山人海 jan4 saan1 jan4 hoi2 ren2 shan1 ren2 hai3 = a large crowd; people everywhere

個人電子 go3 jan4 din6 zi2 = PDA (Personal Digital Assistant)

女人街 neoi5 jan4*2 gaai1 = lady's market

古怪人 gu2 gwaai3 jan4 = an eccentric person

找人出氣 zaau2 jan4 ceot1 hei3 = eager for the fray

賣報人 maai6 bou3 jan4 = newsboy

這班人 ze2 baan1 jan4 zhe4 ban1 ren2 = this kind of people, these people 國

班人 baan1 jan4 ban1 ren2 = kind, class, group of people

卑鄙小人 bei1 pei2 siu2 jan4 bei1 bi3 xiao3 ren2 = a contemptible, base person (common formation)

人造絲 jan4 zou6 si1 = synthetic silk; [Lit.] man-made silk

冇呢個人 mou5 ni1 go3 jan4 = "no such person" (on telephone) 粵

單人床 daan1 jan4 cong4 = a single bed

雙人床 soeng1 jan4 cong4 = double bed

壞人 waai6 jan4 huai4 ren2 = a bad man; hellion; malefactor; villain

啞人 aa2 jan4 = a dumb/mute person

盲人 maang4 jan4 = the blind, a blind person

人緣 jan4 jyun4 = relationship with other people; popularity

人壽保險 jan4 sau6 bou2 him2 = life insurance

捨身救人 se2 san1 gau3 jan4 = sacrifice one's life to save others

聾人 lung4 jan4 = the deaf; a deaf person; deafness

救人 gau3 jan4 = to rescue a person

工人房 gung1 jan4 fong4*2 = servant's quarters

加人工 gaa1 jan4 gung1 jia1 ren2 gong1 = to give a rise in salary or wages

行人路邊 hang4 jan4 lou6 bin1 = the curb/kerb of a pavement or sidewalk

跛人 bai1 jan4 = a crippled person, a "lame"

人壽燕梳 jan4 sau6 jin3 so1 = life insurance 粵 (common formation)

人緣好好 jan4 jyun4 hou2 hou2 = popular (referring to people)

唐人年 tong4 jan4 nin4 = Chinese New Year

食素嘅人 sik6 sou3 ge3 jan4 = a vegetarian 粵

食齋嘅人 sik6 zaai1 ge3 jan4 = a vegetarian (typically Buddhist) 粵

口啞嘅人 hau2 aa2 ge3 jan4 = a dumb (mute) person 粵

唔識字嘅人 m4 sik1 zi6 ge3 jan4 = an illiterate person 粵

不可告人 bat1 ho2 gou3 jan4 bu4 ke3 gao4 ren2 = hidden; kept secret; not to be divulged 國

不幸的人 bat1 hang6 dik1 jan4 bu4 xing4 de5 ren2 = a wretch 國

不務正業的人 bat1 mou6 zeng3 jip6 dik1 jan4 bu4 wu4 zheng4 ye4 de5 ren2 = a layabout 國

不省人事 bat1 sing2 jan4 si6 bu4 xing3 ren2 shi4 = to be in a coma; to be unconscious 國

無聲狗咬死人 mou4 seng1 gau2 ngaau5 sei2 jan4 = a silent dog will bite you to death

保管人的 bou2 gun2 jan4 dik1 bao3 guan3 ren2 de5 = custodial 國

保證人的 bou2 zing3 jan4 dik1 bao3 zheng4 ren2 de5 = sponsorial 國 (common formation)

保護人的 bou2 wu6 jan4 dik1 bao3 hu4 ren2 de5 = [adj] tutelar 國

世人 sai3 jan4 shi4 ren2 = (common) people

中國人民 zung1 gwok3 jan4 man4 zhong1 guo2 ren2 min2 = the Chinese people

主管人員 zyu2 gun2 jan4 jyun4 zhu3 guan3 ren2 yuan2 = executive

人事部門 jan4 si6 bou6 mun4 ren2 shi4 bu4 men2 = personnel office

人力車夫 jan4 lik6 ce1 fu1 ren2 li4 che1 fu1 = rickshaw puller

人口稠密 jan4 hau2 cau4 mat6 ren2 kou3 chou2 mi4 = populous

人口調查 jan4 hau2 diu6 caa4 ren2 kou3 diao4 cha2 = census (common formation)

人工智能 jan4 gung1 zi3 nang4 ren2 gong1 zhi4 neng2 = artificial intelligence (AI)

人工概念 jan4 gung1 koi3 nim6 ren2 gong1 gai4 nian4 = artificial concept

人工流產 jan4 gung1 lau4 caan2 ren2 gong1 liu2 chan3 = induced abortion

人文社會學科 jan4 man4 se5 wui6*2 hok6 fo1 ren2 wen2 she4 hui4 xue2 ke1 = humanities and social sciences

人文社科 jan4 man4 se5 fo1 ren2 wen2 she4 ke1 = (abbr.) humanities and social sciences

人民公社 jan4 man4 gung1 se5 ren2 min2 gong1 she4 = people's commune

人民大會堂 jan4 man4 daai6 wui6 tong4 ren2 min2 da4 hui4 tang2 = Great Hall of the People, at Tiananmen Square

人民日報 jan4 man4 jat6 bou3 ren2 min2 ri4 bao4 = Renmin Ribao (People's Daily)

人民法院 jan4 man4 faat3 jyun6*2 ren2 min2 fa3 yuan4 = people's court (of law); people's tribunal

人物描寫 jan4 mat6*2 miu4 se2 ren2 wu4 miao2 xie3 = portrayal

人造語言 jan4 zou6 jyu5 jin4 ren2 zao4 yu3 yan2 = artificial language; constructed language

人道救援 jan4 dou6 gau3 wun4 ren2 dao4 jiu4 yuan2 = humanitarian aid

人頭 jan4 tau4 ren2 tou2 = number of people; (per) capita

人頭獅身 jan4 tau4 si1 san1 ren2 tou2 shi1 shen1 = sphinx

人類免疫缺陷病毒 jan4 leoi6 min5 jik6 kyut3 haam6 beng6 duk6 ren2 lei4 mian3 yi4 que1 xian4 bing4 du2 = human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

人類學家 jan4 leoi6 hok6 gaa1 ren2 lei4 xue2 jia1 = anthropologist

人體器官 jan4 tai2 hei3 gun1 ren2 ti3 qi4 guan1 = human organ

仇人 sau4 jan4 = an enemy; a rival

代理人 doi6 lei5 jan4 dai4 li3 ren2 = agent; reprentative

令人欽佩 ling6 jan4 jam1 pui3 ling4 ren2 qin1 pei4 = admirable

令人驚異 ling6 jan4 ging1 ji6 ling4 ren2 jing1 yi4 = surprisingly

保守黨人 bou2 sau2 dong2 jan4 bao3 shou3 dang3 ren2 = a conservative (by political party association)

保管人 bou2 gun2 jan4 bao3 guan3 ren2 = a custodian, depositary, depository, keeper, trustee

保證人 bou2 zing3 jan4 bao3 zheng4 ren2 = an assurer, guarantor, sponsor, bailor, voucher

引人注意 jan5 jan4 zyu3 ji3 yin3 ren2 zhu4 yi4 = attractive

德國人 dak1 gwok3 jan4 de2 guo2 ren2 = German person or people

感染人數 gam2 jim5 jan4 sou3 gan3 ran3 ren2 shu4 = number of infected persons

氣人 hei3 jan4 qi4 ren2 = to get someone angry; to get someone annoyed

氣象人員 hei3 zoeng6 jan4 jyun4 qi4 xiang4 ren2 yuan2 = meteorologist (common formation)

沒人住 mut6 jan4 zyu6 mei2 ren2 zhu4 = unoccupied

沒有人 mut6 jau5 jan4 mei2 you3 ren2 = nobody 國

名人 ming4 jan4 ming2 ren2 = famous person

給有關人士 kap1 jau5 gwaan1 jan4 si6 gei3 you3 guan1 ren2 shi4 = to whom it may concern 國

吃的人 hek3 dik1 jan4 chi1 de5 ren2 = eater 國

便人 bin6 jan4 bian4 ren2 = somebody who happens to be on hand for an errand

個人電腦 go3 jan4 din6 nou5 ge4 ren2 dian4 nao3 = personal computer (PC)

偉人 wai5 jan4 wei3 ren2 = great person

人類學 jan4 leoi6 hok6 ren2 lei4 xue2 = anthropology

債務人 zaai3 mou6 jan4 zhai4 wu4 ren2 = debtor

債權人 zaai3 kyun4 jan4 zhai4 quan2 ren2 = creditor

僕人 buk6 jan4 pu2 ren2 = servant

全體人員 cyun4 tai2 jan4 jyun4 quan2 ti3 ren2 yuan2 = crew

公爵夫人 gung1 zoek3 fu1 jan4 gong1 jue2 fu1 ren2 = duchess

其他的人 kei4 taa1 dik1 jan4 qi1 ta1 de5 ren2 = other people 國

分析人士 fan1 sik1 jan4 si6 fen1 xi1 ren2 shi4 = analyst; expert

創辦人 cong3 baan6 jan4 chuang4 ban4 ren2 = an establisher; founder (of an institution, etc)

北京人 bak1 ging1 jan4 bei3 jing1 ren2 = person from Beijing; Peking Man (Sinanthropus pekinesis)

北方人 bak1 fong1 jan4 bei3 fang1 ren2 = northern person; a northerner

吉普賽人 gat1 pou2 coi3 jan4 ji2 pu3 sai4 ren2 = gypsy (loanword in Mandarin)

合夥人 hap6 fo2 jan4 he2 huo3 ren2 = partner

半熟練工人 bun3 suk6 lin6 gung1 jan4 ban4 shu2 lian4 gong1 ren2 = a semiskilled worker

外邦人 ngoi6 bong1 jan4 wai4 bang1 ren2 = gentile

大快人心 daai6 faai3 jan4 sam1 da4 kuai4 ren2 xin1 = to the satisfaction of everyone

嬖人 pei3 jan4 bi4 ren2 = favorite person

討人厭 tou2 jan4 jim3 tao3 ren2 yan4 = to cause others to dislike (oneself) 國

專業人才 zyun1 jip6 jan4 coi4 zhuan1 ye4 ren2 cai2 = expert (in a field)

巨人 geoi6 jan4 ju4 ren2 = a giant

慘無人道 caam2 mou4 jan4 dou6 can3 wu2 ren2 dao4 = brutal; inhuman

有些人 jau5 se1 jan4 you3 xie1 ren2 = some people

有人情 jau5 jan4 cing4 you3 ren2 qing2 = humane

有關人士 jau5 gwaan1 jan4 si6 you3 guan1 ren2 shi4 = persons involved; those connected with (sth)

機器人 gei1 hei3 jan4 ji1 qi4 ren2 = a mechanical person; a robot; an android

歐洲人 au1 zau1 jan4 ou1 zhou1 ren2 = European (person)

炫耀於人 jyun6 jiu6 jyu1 jan4 = to show off one's talent before others

鐵甲人 tit3 gaap3 jan4 tie3 jia ren2 = toy robot

第一夫人 dai6 jat1 fu1 jan4 di4 yi1 fu1 ren2 = First Lady (wife of US president)

調查人員 diu6 caa4 jan4 jyun4 diao4 cha2 ren2 yuan2 = investigator (common formation)

撫養成人 fu2 joeng5 sing4 jan4 fu3 yang3 cheng2 ren2 = to bring up (a child)

觀察人士 gun1 caat3 jan4 si6 guan1 cha2 ren2 shi4 = observers

規劃人員 kwai1 waak6 jan4 jyun4 gui1 hua4 ren2 yuan2 = planner

開發人員 hoi1 faat3 jan4 jyun4 kai1 fa1 ren2 yuan2 = developer

知名人士 zi1 ming4 jan4 si6 zhi1 ming2 ren2 shi4 = celebrity; public figure; well-known person

血口噴人 hyut3 hau2 pan3 jan4 xue4 kou3 pen1 ren2 (PRC), xie3 kou3 pen1 ren2 (Taiwan) = venomously slander; make unfounded and malicious attacks

潮人 ciu4 jan4 chao2 ren2 = chic / fashionable guy 粵

畀人歧視 bei2 jan4 kei4 si6 = being discriminated 粵

不近人情 bat1 gan6 jan4 cing4 bu4 jin4 ren2 qing2 = not amenable to reason; unreasonable 國

無論何人 mou4 leon6 ho4 jan4 wu2 lun4 he2 ren2 = whoever

無人駕駛 mou4 jan4 gaa3 sai2 wu2 ren2 jia4 shi3 = unmanned; unpiloted

無人 mou4 jan4 wu2 ren2 = unmanned; uninhabited

未成年人 mei6 sing4 nin4 jan4 wei4 cheng2 nian2 ren2 = minor

搬運工人 bun1 wan6 gung1 jan4 ban1 yun4 gong1 ren2 = [n] docker; porter

接人 zip3 jan4 jie1 ren2 = to meet a person

承銷人 sing4 siu1 jan4 cheng2 xiao1 ren2 = a consignee

承辦商人 sing4 baan6 soeng1 jan4 cheng2 ban4 shang1 ren2 = a purveyor

承讓人 sing4 joeng6 jan4 cheng2 rang4 ren2 = a transferee; an assignee (legal term)

承諾人 sing4 nok6 jan4 cheng2 nuo4 ren2 = accepter; promisee

承租人 sing4 zou1 jan4 cheng2 zu1 ren2 = leaseholder; lessee; renter; tenant

懺悔的人 caam3 fui3 dik1 jan4 chan4 hui3 de5 ren2 = [n] penitent; a person who repents their sins

愛人如己 oi3 jan4 jyu4 gei2 ai4 ren2 ru2 ji3 = love others as self

情人節快樂 cing4 jan4 zit3 faai3 lok6 qing2 ren2 jie2 kuai4 le4 = Happy Valentine's Day

悲天憫人 bei1 tin1 man5 jan4 bei1 tian1 min3 ren2 = bemoan the state of the universe and pity the fate of mankind

恩人 jan1 jan4 en1 ren2 = person who has significantly helped someone else; benefactor

怪人 gwaai3 jan4 guai4 ren2 = strange person/eccentric

後人 hau6 jan4 hou4 ren2 = later generation

女繼承人 neoi5 gai3 sing4 jan4 nv3 ji4 cheng2 ren2 = inheritress

女主人 neoi5 zyu2 jan4 nv3 zhu3 ren2 = hostess; mistress

地勤人員 dei6 kan4 jan4 jyun4 di4 qin2 ren2 yuan2 = (airport) ground crew

受託人 sau6 tok3 jan4 shou4 tuo1 ren2 = trustee

買賣人 maai5 maai6 jan4 mai3 mai4 ren2 = merchant (used chiefly in Taiwan)

被告人 bei6 gou3 jan4 bei4 gao4 ren2 = the defendant; the accused

俾人笑 bei2 jan4 siu3 = to be laughed at

達人 daat6 jan4 da2 ren2 = specialist, an expert ; Daren

殘廢軍人 caan4 fai3 gwan1 jan4 can2 fei4 jun1 ren2 = disabled soldier

殺人案 saat3 jan4 on3 sha1 ren2 an4 = murder case; homicide case

殺人案件 saat3 jan4 on3 gin6*2 sha1 ren2 an4 jian4 = (case of, incident of) murder

殺人犯 saat3 jan4 faan6 sha1 ren2 fan4 = convicted murderer

殺人狂 saat3 jan4 kong4 sha1 ren2 kuang2 = homicidal maniac

澳大利亞人 ou3 daai6 lei6 aa3 jan4 ao4 da4 li4 ya3/4 (Taiwan) ren2 = Australian (person)

浪人 long6 jan4 lang4 ren2 = vagabond; "ronin" (in Japanese)

伏伊人 buk6 ji1 jan4*1 = the "hider" for hide and seek 粵

人工方法 jan4 gung1 fong1 faat3 ren2 gong1 fang1 fa3 = artificially

智障人士 zi3 zoeng3 jan4 si6 zhi4 zhang4 ren2 shi4 = mentally handicapped person

傷殘人士 soeng1 caan4 jan4 si6 = physically disabled person

剝奪人權的 mok1 dyut6 jan4 kyun4 dik1 bo1 duo2 ren2 quan2 de5 = [adj] proscriptive 國

本人的觀點 bun2 jan4 dik1 gun1 dim2 ben3 ren2 de5 guan1 dian3 = (one's) personal view 國

馬來人 maa5 loi4 jan4*2 ma3 lai2 ren2 = Malayan

私人鑰匙 si1 jan4 joek6 si4 si1 ren2 yao4 shi5 = private key (in encryption)

編輯人員 pin1 cap1 jan4 jyun4 bian1 ji2 ren2 yuan2 = [n] editorial staff

美國軍人 mei5 gwok3 gwan1 jan4 mei3 guo2 jun1 ren2 = American serviceman; U.S. soldier

見證人 gin3 zing3 jan4 jian4 zheng4 ren2 = a witness

財產所有人 coi4 caan2 so2 jau5 jan4 cai2 chan3 suo3 you3 ren2 = [n] property owner

弱智人士 joek6 zi3 jan4 si6 ruo4 zhi4 ren2 shi4 = a mentally retarded or mentally handicapped person

人權鬥士 jan4 kyun4 dau3 si6 ren2 quan2 dou4 shi4 = a human rights activist; a fighter for human rights

個人崇拜 go3 jan4 sung4 baai3 ge4 ren2 chong2 bai4 = personality cult

美國本地人 mei5 gwok3 bun2 dei6 jan4 mei3 guo2 ben3 di4 ren2 = Native American (aka "American Indian")

異見人 ji6 gin3 jan4 = a dissident

中年失業人士 zung1 nin4 sat1 jip6 jan4 si6 = middle-aged unemployed people

乘客人數 sing4 haak3 jan4 sou3 = patronage

人口學家 jan4 hau2 hok6 gaa1 = demographer

人口政策 jan4 hau2 zing3 caak3 = population policy

人口結構 jan4 hau2 git3 kau3 ren2 kou3 jie1 gou4 = population structure (common formation)

人工呼吸 jan4 gung1 fu1 kap1 ren2 gong1 hu1 xi1 = artificial respiration, artificial breathing, respiratory resuscitation, kiss of life (common formation)

人工草皮 jan4 gung1 cou2 pei4 ren2 gong1 cao3 pi2 = artificial turf; artificial grass

人手不足 jan4 sau2 bat1 zuk1 ren2 shou3 bu4 zu2 = short-handed

人手操作 jan4 sau2 cou1 zok3 = manual operation

人權紀錄 jan4 kyun4 gei2 luk6 = human rights record (common formation)

人權組織 jan4 kyun4 zou2 zik1 = a human rights organisation

人民力量 jan4 man4 lik6 loeng6 = people power

人民幣政策 jan4 man4 bai6 zing3 caak3 = yuan policy

人民英雄 jan4 man4 jing1 hung4 = the people's hero/a national hero

人群管理措施 jan4 kwan4 gun2 lei5 cou3 si1 = crowd-control measures

人身意外保險 jan4 san1 ji3 ngoi6 bou2 him2 ren2 shen1 yi4 wai4 bao3 xian3 = personal accident insurance (common formation)

人身攻擊 jan4 san1 gung1 gik1 ren2 shen1 gong1 ji2 (Taiwan), ren2 shen1 gong1 ji1 (PRC) = personal attack

人工培植鑽石 jan4 gung1 pui4 zik6 zyun3 sek6 = synthetic diamond/artificial diamond

人造鑽石 jan4 zou6 zyun3 sek6 = synthetic diamond/artificial diamond (common formation)

人造香料 jan4 zou6 hoeng1 liu6*2 = artificial flavourings/artificial flavours

人道主義救援人員 jan4 dou6 zyu2 ji6 gau3 wun4 jan4 jyun4 = humanitarian aid workers

人道物資 jan4 dou6 mat6 zi1 = humanitarian goods

人類基因圖譜 jan4 leoi6 gei1 jan1 tou4 pou2 = human genome

人類歷史 jan4 leoi6 lik6 si2 = human history

以人手挖掘 ji5 jan4 sau2 waat3 gwat6 = dig by hand

以個人身份 ji5 go3 jan4 san1 fan6*2 = in a personal capacity (common formation)

住院病人 zyu6 jyun6*2 beng6 jan4 = in-patients/inpatients

個人作品展覽 go3 jan4 zok3 ban2 zin2 laam5 = individual exhibition

個人破產申請個案 go3 jan4 po3 caan2 san1 cing2 go3 on3 = personal bankruptcy numbers

個人網頁 go3 jan4 mong5 jip6 = personal websites

偷懶的人員 tau1 laan5 dik1 jan4 jyun4 = shirker 國

傑出人才 git6 ceot1 jan4 coi4 = excellence

傳召證人 cyun4 ziu6 zing3 jan4 = summon witnesses

傳統左派人士 cyun4 tung2 zo2 paai3 jan4 si6 = traditional leftists

有醫務輔助人員的救護車 jau5 ji1 mou6 fu6 zo6 jan4 jyun4 dik1 gau3 wu6 ce1 = a paramedic ambulance 國

本地培養的人才 bun2 dei6 pui4 joeng5 dik1 jan4 coi4 = homegrown talent 國

驚人的公眾注意 ging1 jan4 dik1 gung1 zung3 zyu3 ji3 jing1 ren2 de5 gong1 zhong4 zhu4yi4 = outrageous publicity 國

剛剛喪失親人的 gong1 gong1 song3 sat1 can1 jan4 dik1 gang1 gang1 sang4 shi1 qin1 ren2 de4 = [adj] bereaved 國

流亡海外異見人士 lau4 mong4 hoi2 ngoi6 ji6 gin3 jan4 si6 liu2 wang2 hai3 wai4 yi4 jian4 ren2 shi4 = exiled dissident

盜用他人電腦戶口 dou6 jung6 taa1 jan4 din6 nou5 wu6 hau2 dao4 yong4 ta1 ren2 dian4 nao3 hu4 kou3 = misusing computer users' accounts 國

資深節目主持人 zi1 sam1 zit3 muk6 zyu2 ci4 jan4 = a veteran gameshow host

電台節目主持人 din6 toi4 zit3 muk6 zyu2 ci4 jan4 = radio host

首次個人演唱會 sau2 ci3 go3 jan4 jin2 coeng3 wui6*2 = debut concert

稻草人 dou6 cou2 jan4*2 dao4 cao3 ren2 = (n.) scarecrow

個人遊 go3 jan4 jau4 = [港] "individual travel", "individual visit"; a non-group traveler

台灣商人 toi4 waan1 soeng1 jan4 tai2 wan1 shang1 ren2 = Taiwanese businesspeople

病人團體 beng6 jan4 tyun4 tai2 = patient groups

病人組織 beng6 jan4 zou2 zik1 = patient groups

研究人員 jin4 gau3 jan4 jyun4 yan2 jiu4 ren2 yuan2 (Taiwan), yan2 jiu1 ren2 yuan2 (PRC) = researchers

駕駛人士 gaa3 sai2 jan4 si6 = motorist

黑社會人士 hak1 se5 wui6*2 jan4 si6 = triad members; gang members

掃墓人士 sou3 mou6 jan4 si6 sao3 mu4 ren2 shi4 = grave-sweepers (common formation)

搭棚工人 daap3 paang4 gung1 jan4 = scaffold erector/builder

新聞人物 san1 man4 jan4 mat6*2 = newsmaker

殘疾人士 caan4 zat6 jan4 si6 can2 ji2 ren2 shi4 = individuals with disabilities, the disabled

海關人員 hoi2 gwaan1 jan4 jyun4 hai3 guan1 ren2 yuan2 = customs officers

滑浪人士 waat6 long6 jan4 si6 = a surfer

環保人士 waan4 bou2 jan4 si6 = environmentalist

罷工人士 baa6 gung1 jan4 si6 = a striker

老人中心 lou5 jan4 zung1 sam1 = elderly centre

行人隧道 hang4 jan4 seoi6 dou6 xing2 ren2 sui4 dao4 = pedestrian subway

軍人食堂 gwan1 jan4 sik6 tong4 = mess hall (cafeteria in the military)

遊行人士 jau4 haang4 jan4 si6 = marchers

天體人士 tin1 tai2 jan4 si6 = a nudist, a naturist

失業人士 sat1 jip6 jan4 si6 = the unemployed

老人學家 lou5 jan4 hok6 gaa1 = gerontologist

示威人士 si6 wai1 jan4 si6 = an activist, a demonstrator

食人魚 sik6 jan4 jyu4*2 shi2 ren2 yu2 = the red piranha / pirana

人蛇 jan4 se4 ren2 she2 = a stowaway; people being illegally smuggled across a border

人中 jan4 zung1 = philtrum (vertical groove in center of upper lip)

要人 jiu3 jan4 = a dignitary; a very important person (VIP)

藝人 ngai6 jan4 yi4 ren2 = an actor or artist; an artisan

迷人 mai4 jan4 mi2 ren2 = fascinating, enchanting, charming, tempting

吉卜賽人 gat1 buk1 coi3 jan4 = a gypsy; a gipsy

客家人 haak3 gaa1 jan4 ke4 jia1 ren2 = a Hakka person

懶人 laan5 jan4 = a lazy person, a deadbeat

懶人多屎尿 laan5 jan4 do1 si2 niu6 = to do nothing but make excuses and loaf (lit., "a lazy person often goes to the toilet")

海南人 hoi2 naam4 jan4 = a person from Hainan Island

荷蘭人 ho4 laan4*1 jan4 = a person from Holland

韓國人 hon4 gwok3 jan4 = a South Korean person

善解人意 sin6 gaai2 jan4 ji3 shan4 jie3 ren2 yi4 = to be considerate, thoughtful

閩南人 man5 naam4 jan4 min3 nan2 ren2 = a person of Hokkien or Taiwanese descent

馬來西亞人 maa5 loi4 sai1 aa3 jan4 ma3 lai2 xi1 ya3/4 (Taiwan/PRC) ren2 = a Malaysian person

美籍華人 mei5 zik6 waa4 jan4 mei3 ji2 hua2 ren2 = a Chinese-American

滿人 mun5 jan4*2 man3 ren2 = a Manchurian (person)

海外華人 hoi2 ngoi6 waa4 jan4 = overseas Chinese

私人密碼 si1 jan4 mat6 maa5 = personal identification number (PIN)

華人學者 waa4 jan4 hok6 ze2 = scholars of Chinese descent

美國白人 mei5 gwok3 baak6 jan4 = white/caucasian Americans

捉兒人 zuk1 ji4*1 jan4*1 = hide and seek 粵

僧人 zang1 jan4 = a monk

人民公敵 jan4 man4 gung1 dik6 ren2 min2 gong1 di2 = the enemy of the people; the class enemy (Marxism)

從業人員 cung4 jip6 jan4 jyun4 cong2 ye4 ren2 yuan2 = an employee

風雲人物 fung1 wan4 jan4 mat6*2 feng1 yun2 ren2 wu4 = the man of the hour (common formation)

印度人 jan3 dou6 jan4 yin4 du4 ren2 = an Indian person

電視主持人 din6 si6 zyu2 ci4 jan4 = TV program host/hostess

男工人 naam4 gung1 jan4 = male worker

泥人 nai4 jan4 = a (clay) figurine

紐約人 nau2 joek3 jan4 = a New Yorker

俄國人 ngo4 gwok3 jan4 = a Russian person

澳門人 ou3 mun4*2 jan4 = a person from Macao

葡國人 pou4 gwok3 jan4 = a Portuguese person (from Macau)

葡萄牙人 pou4 tou4 ngaa4 jan4 = a Portuguese person

西藏人 sai1 zong6 jan4 xi1 zang4 ren2 = a Tibetan, a person from Tibet

殺人兇手 saat3 jan4 hung1 sau2 = a murderer

殺人鯨 saat3 jan4 king4 sha1 ren2 jing1 = orca, the killer whale

殺人鯊 saat3 jan4 saa1 = a killer shark

西班牙人 sai1 baan1 ngaa4 jan4 = a Spanish person

印尼華人 jan3 nei4 waa4 jan4 yin4 ni2 hua2 ren2 = Indonesian Chinese

印第安女人 jan3 dai6 on1 neoi5 jan4*2 yin4 di4 an1 nv3 ren2 = an American Indian woman

海外印度人 hoi2 ngoi6 jan3 dou6 jan4 hai3 wai4 yin4 du4 ren2 = non-resident Indian

白色情人節 baak6 sik1 cing4 jan4 zit3 bai2 se4 qing2 ren2 jie2 = White Day (Japanese holiday)

馬來西亞華人 maa5 loi4 sai1 aa3 waa4 jan4 ma3 lai2 xi1 ya3/4 (Taiwan/PRC) hua2 ren2 = Chinese Malaysian person

新鮮人 san1 sin1 jan4 = a freshman (in school)

星加坡人 sing1 gaa3 bo1 jan4 = a person from Singapore

謎樣的人 mai4 joeng6*2 dik1 jan4 mi2 yang4 di4 ren2 = a conundrum, a person who is a bit of an enigma 國

聖人 sing3 jan4 sheng4 ren2 = [n] a saint (in a religious context); a sage; a "perfect person"

順德人 seon6 dak1 jan4 = a person from Shunde

上海人 soeng6 hoi2 jan4 = a person from Shanghai

人才流失 jan4 coi4 lau4 sat1 ren2 cai2 liu2 shi1 = brain drain

踢人 tek3 jan4 = [v] to kick somebody

臺灣人 toi4 waan1 jan4 tai2 wan1 ren2 = a Taiwanese person

臺山人 toi4 saan1 jan4 = a Toishanese person

泰國人 taai3 gwok3 jan4 tai4 guo2 ren2 = a person from Thailand

華裔美國人 waa4 jeoi6 mei5 gwok3 jan4 = [n] a Chinese-American, an ethnic Chinese person of American descent

得人中意 dak1 jan4 zung1 ji3 = cute 粵

現代人 jin6 doi6 jan4 = a modern person (see also 現袋人)

印刷工人 jan3 caat3 gung1 jan4 yin4 shua1 gong1 ren2 = [n] a typographer

印尼人 jan3 nei4 jan4 yin4 ni2 ren2 = an Indonesian person

伊人 ji1 jan4 = [n] literary term for he/she/him/her

意大利人 ji3 daai6 lei6 jan4 = [n] an Italian person

知人口面不知心 zi1 jan4 hau2 min6 bat1 zi1 sam1 = know a person's face, don't know their heart

戀童癖的人 lyun2 tung4 pik1 dik1 jan4 = pedophile 國

戀童癖嘅人 lyun2 tung4 pik1 ge3 jan4 = pedophile 粵

技不如人 gei6 bat1 jyu4 jan4 ji4 bu4 ru2 ren2 = not as skillful as others

嫌疑人 jim4 ji4 jan4 xian2 yi2 ren2 = a suspect

圈中人 hyun1 zung1 jan4 quan1 zhong1 ren2 = people within a circle (such as showbiz)

人不可以貌相 jan4 bat1 ho2 ji5 maau6 soeng3 = don't judge a book by its cover

人流 jan4 lau4 ren2 liu2 = flow of people; abortion

人世 jan4 sai3 ren2 shi4 = human world

人際 jan4 zai3 ren2 ji4 = human relationships

智人 zi3 jan4 zhi4 ren2 = Homo sapiens

漁人 jyu4 jan4 = [n] fisherman

越南人 jyut6 naam4 jan4 yue4 nan2 ren2 = [n] a Vietnamese person

主人房 zyu2 jan4 fong4*2 = the master bedroom

傻人 so4 jan4 = a silly person, a ridiculous fool 粵

值班工人 zik6 baan1 gung1 jan4 = [n] an on-duty worker

中年人 zung1 nin4 jan4 zhong1 nian2 ren2 = a middle-aged person (40-50 years); a middle-aged man

人比人比死人 jan4 bei2 jan4 bei2 sei2 jan4 ren2 bi2 ren2 bi2 si3 ren2 = comparisons are odious

令人不解 ling6 jan4 bat1 gaai2 ling4 ren2 bu4 jie3 = puzzling 國

無人不會 mou4 jan4 bat1 wui5 wu2 ren2 bu4 hui4 = everyone knows how 國

無人不曉 mou4 jan4 bat1 hiu2 wu2 ren2 bu4 xiao3 = everyone knows 國

無人不知 mou4 jan4 bat1 zi1 wu2 ren2 bu4 zhi1 = everyone knows 國

小人兒書 siu2 jan4*2 ji4 syu1 xiao3 ren2r shu1 = picture storybook (lit., "children's book") 國

醫務人員 ji1 mou6 jan4 jyun4 yi1 wu4 ren2 yuan2 = medical personnel (or staff, workers); public health worker (common formation)

個人主義 go3 jan4 zyu2 ji6 ge4 ren2 zhu3 yi4 = individualism; privatism (common formation)

富餘人員 fu3 jyu4 jan4 jyun4 fu4 yu2 ren2 yuan2 = redundant people (common formation)

工作人員 gung1 zok3 jan4 jyun4 gong1 zuo4 ren2 yuan2 = staff (workers) (common formation)

人際關係 jan4 zai3 gwaan1 hai6 ren2 ji4 guan1 xi4 (Taiwan), ren2 ji4 guan1 xi5 (PRC) = interpersonal relationship (common formation)

三個女人一個墟 saam1 go3 neoi5 jan4 jat1 go3 heoi1 = 3 women noisy like a market 粵

人不可貌相 jan4 bat1 ho2 maau6 soeng3 = don't judge a book by its cover

公職人員 gung1 zik1 jan4 jyun4 gong1 zhi2 ren2 yuan2 = public servant

好為人師 hou3 wai4 jan4 si1 hao4 wei2 ren2 shi1 = like to be a master to others

令人失望 ling6 jan4 sat1 mong6 ling4 ren2 shi1 wang4 = make one feel disappointed

路人皆知 lou6 jan4 gaai1 zi1 lu4 ren2 jie1 zhi1 = everybody knows

每一個人 mui5 jat1 go3 jan4 mei3 yi1 ge4 ren2 = everybody

滅絕人性 mit6 zyut6 jan4 sing3 mie4 jue2 ren2 xing4 = inhuman; savage; cannibalistic

人間地獄 jan4 gaan1 dei6 juk6 ren2 jian1 di4 yu4 = hell on earth

人造衛星 jan4 zou6 wai6 sing1 ren2 zao4 wei4 xing1 = man-made satellite

榮譽軍人 wing4 jyu6 gwan1 jan4 rong2 yu4 jun1 ren2 = a disabled soldier (wounded in revolutionary war)

深入人心 sam1 jap6 jan4 sam1 shen1 ru4 ren2 xin1 = interiorize

事在人為 si6 zoi6 jan4 wai4 shi4 zai4 ren2 wei2 = it all depends on human effort

一世人 jat1 sai3 jan4 = one's whole life; a lifetime 粵

一生人 jat1 sang1 jan4 = one's whole life

外來人口 ngoi6 loi4 jan4 hau2 wai4 lai2 ren2 kou3 = new migrants

為人處世 wai4 jan4 cyu2 sai3 wei2 ren2 chu3 shi4 = the way to conduct oneself socially

無黨派人士 mou4 dong2 paai3 jan4 si6 wu2 dang3 pai4 ren2 shi4 = a public figure without party affiliation; non-party personage

形勢逼人 jing4 sai3 bik1 jan4 xing2 shi4 bi1 ren2 = the pressure is mounting; the situation is pressing (common formation)

中國猿人 zung1 gwok3 jyun4 jan4 zhong1 guo2 yuan2 ren2 = Sinanthropus pekinesis (Peking Man)

主人公 zyu2 jan4 gung1 zhu3 ren2 gong1 = leading character in a novel, etc.; hero or heroine; protagonist

才子佳人 coi4 zi2 gaai1 jan4 cai2 zi3 jia1 ren2 = a talented man with a beautiful woman (scholar-beauty); pair of ideal lovers

奇人 kei4 jan4 = an outstandingly able person

人慾 jan4 juk6 = human desires

機組人員 gei1 zou2 jan4 jyun4 ji2 zu3 ren2 yuan2 = crew member (common formation)

個人簡歷 go3 jan4 gaan2 lik6 = personal résumé; resume; curriculum vitae

人才外流 jan4 coi4 ngoi6 lau4 ren2 cai2 wai4 liu2 = brain drain

救援人員 gau3 wun4 jan4 jyun4 jiu4 yuan2 ren2 yuan2 = rescue workers, relief workers (common formation)

流動人口 lau4 dung6 jan4 hau2 liu2 dong4 ren2 kou3 = transient population (common formation)

兇殺人 hung1 saat3 jan4 xiong1 sha1 ren2 = assassin; killer; hitman

人事部 jan4 si6 bou6 = human resources department

醫務輔助人員 ji1 mou6 fu6 zo6 jan4 jyun4 = paramedic (common formation)

不令人滿意 bat1 ling6 jan4 mun5 ji3 bu4 ling4 ren2 man3 yi4 = not satisfactory 國

線人費 sin3 jan4 fai3 = information money

水上人 seoi2 soeng6 jan4 shui3 shang4 ren2 = people who live on the water; boat dwellers; Tanka

媒人 mui4 jan4*2 = matchmaker

唔顧他人嘅感受 m4 gu3 taa1 jan4 ge3 gam2 sau6 = inconsiderate 粵

風塵中人 fung1 can4 zung1 jan4 = a prostitute

阿乜人 aa3 mat1 jan4 = someone (某某) 粵

扮好人 baan6 hou2 jan4 = fake friendship (dress up as a good person, also 裝好人)

好人有限 hou2 jan4 jau5 haan6 = not exactly a model citizen 粵

崩口人忌崩口碗 bang1 hau2 jan4 gei6 bang1 hau2 wun2 = harelips avoid broken bowls; people with defects avoid things that draw attention to them

病人衫 beng6 jan4 saam1 = a sick patient's gown (e.g., in the hospital), a patient's smock 粵

偪人 bik1 jan4 = many people crowded together

迫人 bik1 jan4 = [adj] crowded (with people)

帶眼識人 daai3 ngaan5 sik1 jan4 = to decide whether someone is good or not

大人大姐 daai6 jan4 daai6 ze2 = adults

得人驚 dak1 jan4 geng1 = astonished, fearful, surprising 粵

得人怕 dak1 jan4 paa3 = horrible, terrible, alarmed and afraid 粵

人版 jan4 baan2 = a low-life of a person

人有三急 jan4 jau5 saam1 gap1 = need to go to the toilet

人細鬼大 jan4 sai3 gwai2 daai6 = though young of age is skilled or experienced

人頭湧湧 jan4 tau4 jung2 jung2 ren2 tou2 yong3 yong3 = seething with people

人仔細細 jan4 zai2 sai3 sai3 = small (of a person's age); year of small historical relevance

失禮人 sat1 lai5 jan4 = a person who has lost face

企人邊 kei5 jan4*2 bin1 qi3 ren2 bian1 = Kangxi radical 9 (standing man) (亻) 粵

單企人 daan1 kei5 jan4*2 dan1 qi3 ren2 = Kangxi radical 9 (standing man) (亻) 粵

人事管理 jan4 si6 gun2 lei5 ren2 shi4 guan3 li3 = personnel management, staff management (common formation)

人力資源 jan4 lik6 zi1 jyun4 ren2 li4 zi1 yuan2 = human resources (common formation)

人民民主專政 jan4 man4 man4 zyu2 zyun1 zing3 ren2 min2 min2 zhu3 zhuan1 zheng4 = people's democratic dictatorship (common formation)

人民陣線 jan4 man4 zan6 sin3 ren2 min2 zhen4 xian4 = [n] popular front (common formation)

人流手術 jan4 lau4 sau2 seot6 ren2 liu2 shou3 shu4 = an abortion (abbr. of 人工流產手術) (common formation)

人造纖維 jan4 zou6 cim1 wai4 ren2 zao4 xian1 wei2 = synthetic fiber (common formation)

人體解剖學 jan4 tai2 gaai2 pau2 hok6 ren2 ti3 jie3 pou1 xue2 = human anatomy (common formation)

各界人士 gok3 gaai3 jan4 si6 ge4 jie4 ren2 shi4 = all walks of life (common formation)

幫閑文人 bong1 haan4 man4 jan4 bang1 xian2 = [n] literary hack (common formation)

新聞發言人 san1 man4 faat3 jin4 jan4 xin1 wen2 fa1 yan2 ren2 = spokesman (common formation)

死亡人數 sei2 mong4 jan4 sou3 si3 wang2 ren2 shu4 = death toll; number of people killed (common formation)

證券經紀人 zing3 hyun3 ging1 gei3 jan4 zheng4 quan4 jing1 ji4 ren2 = stock broker (common formation)

傭人 jung4 jan4 yong1 ren2 = a servant

關人鬼事 gwaan1 jan4 gwai2 si6 = "It's none of your business"

關人 gwaan1 jan4 = "It's none of your business"

幾十歲人 gei2 sap6 seoi3 jan4 = middle-aged or old people

奸人 gaan1 jan4 jian1 ren2 = a mean or wicked person

監人飲酒 gaam1 jan4 jam2 zau2 = force someone to drink (alcoholic beverages)

野生人參 je5 saang1 jan4 sam1 = wild ginseng

女強人 neoi5 koeng4 jan4 = career-minded woman (lit. super-woman) 粵

風土人情 fung1 tou2 jan4 cing4 feng1 tu3 ren2 qing2 = local conditions and customs

人有失足,馬有失蹄 jan4 jau5 sat1 zuk1, maa5 jau5 sat1 tai4 = everyone makes mistake sometimes (Syn: 人有錯手,馬有失蹄)

人有錯手,馬有失蹄 jan4 jau5 co3 sau2, maa5 jau5 sat1 tai4 = everyone makes mistake sometimes (Syn: 人有失足,馬有失蹄)

人道毀滅 jan4 dou6 wai2 mit6 = euthanasia (common formation)

便衣人員 bin6 ji1 jan4 jyun4 = plain-clothes officer (common formation)

假冒他人 gaa2 mou6 taa1 jan4 jia3 mao4 ta1 ren2 = impersonate someone (common formation)

假冒公職人員 gaa2 mou6 gung1 zik1 jan4 jyun4 = impersonate a public officer (common formation)

外籍人士 ngoi6 zik6 jan4 si6 = alien (with respect to citizenship) (common formation)

寵物主人 cung2 mat6 zyu2 jan4 chong3 wu4 zhu3 ren2 = pet owner (common formation)

工作人口 gung1 zok3 jan4 hau2 = workforce (common formation)

駕車人士 gaa3 ce1 jan4 si6 = motorist (common formation)

杞人憂天 gei2 jan4 jau1 tin1 qi3 ren2 you1 tian1 = entertain imaginary or groundless fears

氹人 tam3 jan4 = to please others 粵

男人四十一枝花，女人四十爛茶渣 naam4 jan4*2 sei3 sap6 jat1 zi1 faa1, neoi5 jan4*2 sei3 sap3 laan6 caa4 zaa1 = men at age 40 blossom like flowers, women at age 40 are nothing but used tea leaves

商人銀行 soeng1 jan4 ngan4 hong4 shang1 ren2 yin2 hang2 = merchant bank (common formation)

私人銀行 si1 jan4 ngan4 hong4 = private bank (common formation)

銀行帳戶持有人 ngan4 hong4 zoeng3 wu6 ci4 jau5 jan4 = bank account holder (common formation)

富余人員 fu3 jyu4 jan4 jyun4 fu4 yu2 ren2 yuan2 = redundant people; surplus staffing (common formation)

生人唔生膽 saang1 jan4 m4 saang1 daam2 = to be timid or fearful 粵

話事人 waa6 si6 jan4 = the person in charge 粵

黑道中人 hak1 dou6 zung1 jan4 = triad members

黑社會中人 hak1 se5 wui6*2 zung1 jan4 = triad members

好人事 hou2 jan4 si6*2 = well-meaning 粵

人板 jan4 baan2 = a bad person, "scum" (人洴)

人情紙咁薄 jan4 cing4 zi2 gam3 bok6 = human decency is thin like paper (i.e., don't expect decency from people) 粵

人龍 jan4 lung4 = a group of people standing in line

一竹篙打死一船人 jat1 zuk1 gou1 daa2 sei2 jat1 syun4 jan4 = blanket condemnation of a group for one person's mistake

二人世界 ji6 jan4 sai3 gaai3 = a utopia for a couple like the "Garden of Eden" (lit., "two person's world")

為人正直 wai4 jan4 zing3 zik6 = to be a fair person

族人 zuk6 jan4 = tribe people

一竹篙打沉一船人 jat1 zuk1 gou1 daa2 cam4 jat1 syun4 jan4 = someone who generalises someone, "to tar everyone with the same brush"

日頭唔好講人,夜晚唔好講鬼 jat6 tau4*2 m4 hou2 gong2 jan4, je6 maan5 m4 hou2 gong2 gwai2 = speak of the devil 粵

人少 jan4 siu2 = few people

平易近人 ping4 ji6 gan6 jan4 = easy to get along with

獵人 lip6 jan4 lie4 ren2 = hunter , huntsman

英籍人士 jing1 zik6 jan4 si6 = British subject

澳籍人士 ou3 zik6 jan4 si6 = Australian subject

南方人 naam4 fong1 jan4 nan2 fang1 ren2 = southern person; a southerner

西方人 sai1 fong1 jan4 xi1 fang1 ren2 = a western person; a westerner; a caucasian man

東方人 dung1 fong1 jan4 dong1 fang1 ren2 = eastern person; an easterner , oriental

人種偏見 jan4 zung2 pin1 gin3 ren2 zhong3 pian1 jian4 = racism

人種 jan4 zung2 ren2 zhong3 = race , ethnic group

收帳人 sau1 zoeng3 jan4 = debt collector

人造色素 jan4 zou6 sik1 sou3 ren2 zao4 se4 su4 = artificial colour

揸fit人 zaa1 fit1 jan4 = a leader; a conductor 粵

呢班人 ni1 baan1 jan4 = this kind of people, these people 粵

為人為己 wai4 jan4 wai4 gei2 = be considerate

令人髮指 ling6 jan4 faat3 zi2 ling4 ren2 fa3 zhi3 = to get one's hackles up

人言可畏 jan4 jin4 ho2 wai3 ren2 yan2 ke3 wei4 = criticisms should be feared

人無千日好，花無百日紅 jan4 mou4 cin1 jat6 hou2, faa1 mou4 baak3 jat6 hung4 = treasure what you have, since it cannot be good forever

監護人 gaam1 wu6 jan4 jian1 hu4 ren2 = guardian

絕代佳人 zyut6 doi6 gaai1 jan4 jue2 dai4 jia1 ren2 = a beauty of beauties; an incomparable beauty

粗人 cou1 jan4 cu1 ren2 = rough fellow; unrefined person

外來人 ngoi6 loi4 jan4 wai4 lai2 ren2 = a person from another place

外省人 ngoi6 saang2 jan4 wai4 sheng3 ren2 = a person from another province

植物人 zik6 mat6 jan4 zhi2 wu4 ren2 = a person in persistent vegetative state

人素質 jan4 sou3 zat1 ren2 su4 zhi4 = human quality

人肉 jan4 juk6 = human flesh

份人 fan6 jan4 fen4 ren2 = personality 粵

三人性交 saam1 jan4 sing3 gaau1 = threesome, sex acts between three people [Syn.] 三P

男人之苦 naam4 jan4*2 zi1 fu2 = difficulties of a man

繼承人 gai3 sing4 jan4 ji4 cheng2 ren2 = heir; successor; inheritor

佳人有約 gaai1 jan4 jau5 joek3 jia1 ren2 you3 yue1 = to have a date

賤人 zin6 jan4 jian4 ren2 = bitch; low-life; despicable person

看門人 hon1 mun4 jan4 kan1 men2 ren2 = gatekeeper; doorman; watchman

看守人 hon1 sau2 jan4 kan1 shou3 ren2 = watcher; watchman; guarder

出品人 ceot1 ban2 jan4 = the producer

凡人 faan4 jan4 fan2 ren2 = ordinary person; mortal

穴居人 jyut6 geoi1 jan4 xue2 ju1 ren2 ; xue4 ju1 ren2 = a caveman; a troglodyte

史前人 si2 cin4 jan4 shi3 qian2 ren2 = prehistoric men

快人快語 faai3 jan4 faai3 jyu5 = to be sb who doesn't waste time or words (lit., "fast man, fast words") 粵

雄人魚 hung4 jan4 jyu4 xiong2 ren2 yu2 = a merman

人造雪 jan4 zou6 syut3 ren2 zao4 xue3 = artificial snow; man-made snow

寧教人打仔，莫教人分妻 ning4 gaau3 jan4 daa2 zai2, mok6 gaau3 jan4 fan1 cai1 = prefer to teach a person how to hit their children, instead of teaching a person to separate from their wife

自欺欺人 zi6 hei1 hei1 jan4 = fooling oneself and others

人事不省 jan4 si6 bat1 sing2 ren2 shi4 bu4 xing3 = unconsciousness 國

下人 haa6 jan4 xia4 ren2 = servant

人地生疏 jan4 dei6 saang1 so1 = be unfamiliar with the place and the people

人字架 jan4 zi6 gaa3*2 = A-bracket (from shape of 人)

人工降雨 jan4 gung1 gong3 jyu5 ren2 gong1 jiang4 yu3 = artifical rainfall; rainmaking

人格擔保 jan4 gaak3 daam1 bou2 ren2 ge2 dan1 bao3 = attestation of honor

人聲 jan4 seng1 ren2 sheng1 = voice

子爵夫人 zi2 zoek3 fu1 jan4 zi3 jue2 fu1 ren2 = viscountess

差強人意 caa1 koeng4 jan4 ji3 cha1 qiang2 ren2 yi4 = just passable; barely satisfactory

出人意料 ceot1 jan4 ji3 liu6 chu1 ren2 yi4 liao4 = come as surprise

拾人牙慧 sap6 jan4 ngaa4 wai6 shi2 ren2 ya2 hui4 = pick up phrases from sb and pass them off as one's own

為人作嫁 wai6 jan4 zok3 gaa3 wei4 ren2 zuo4 jia4 = doing work for others with no benefit to oneself

路人甲 lou6 jan4 gaap3 = a passer-by, a stranger; Passer-by A

牧羊人 muk6 joeng4 jan4 mu4 yang2 ren2 = a shepherd

杳無人跡 miu5 mou4 jan4 zik1 = uninhabited; untrodden

一人做事一人當 jat1 jan4 zou6 si6 jat1 jan4 dong1 yi1 ren2 zuo4shi4 yi1 ren2 dang1 = One should answer for what one does oneself

人為財死 jan4 wai6 coi4 sei2 = men die for wealth

胡亂拉人 wu4 lyun6 laai1 jan4 hu2 luan4 la1 ren2 = to arrest someone without a good reason 粵

人字拖 jan4 zi6 to1 = flip-flops; y-shaped sandals 粵

呃人 aak1 jan4 = to cheat someone; to trick someone; to lie to someone 粵

重新做人 cung4 san1 zou6 jan4 chong2 xin1 zuo4 ren2 = to turn over a new leaf

人煙稠密 jan4 jin1 cau4 mat6 = densely populated

醫護人員 ji1 wu6 jan4 jyun4 = doctors, paramedics and nurses

兩三丁人 loeng5 saam1 ding1 jan4 = describes a small population of people 粵

三兩丁人 saam1 loeng5 ding1 jan4 = describes a small population of people 粵

填詞人 tin4 ci4 jan4 = a lyricist

某某人 mau5 mau5 jan4 = Mr. X, Mr. So-and-so

咄咄逼人 cyut3 cyut3 bik1 jan4 duo4 duo4 bi1 ren2 = to use immense pressure to force someone to do something; overbearing

人一世物一世 jan4 jat sai3 mat6 jat1 sai3 = try everything, look at life with different viewpoints, and enjoy life 粵

人老精鬼老靈 jan4 lou5 zing1 gwai2 lou5 leng4 = wiser with age 粵

蠢人 ceon2 jan4 chun3 ren2 = a fool or blockhead

故人 gu3 jan4 gu4 ren2 = old friend

慷他人之慨 hong2 taa1 jan4 zi1 koi3 kang1 ta1 ren2 zhi1 kai3 = generous by giving away other people's things

被人歧視 bei6 jan4 kei4 si6 bei4 ren2 qi2 shi4 = being discriminated 國

賺人熱淚的電影 zaan6 jan4 jit6 leoi6 dik1 din6 jing2 = a tearjerker (movie) 國

人工肛門 jan4 gung1 gong1 mun4 ren2 gong1 gang1 men2 = a colostomy stoma (lit., "man-made anus") (common formation)

藏鏡人 cong4 geng3 jan4 cang2 jing4 ren2 = a behind the scenes manipulator (lit., "the master behind the mirror")

經手人 ging1 sau2 jan4 = person who handles or deals with the business/issue

唔見得人 m5 gin3 dak1 jan4 = unacceptable 粵

大人物 daai6 jan4 mat6*2 da4 ren2 wu4 = an important person, a bigshot, a VIP

死人兼冧屋 sei2 jan4 gim1 lam3 uk1 = bad things never come as solitary events (other bad things happen too) 粵

人海茫茫 jan4 hoi2 mong4 mong4 ren2 hai2 mang2 mang2 = boundless crowds of people; a sea of people

妹仔大過主人婆 mui6*1 zai2 daai6 gwo3 zyu2 jan4/4*2 po4 = to have one's priorities wrong 粵

多人 do1 yan4 = crowded (with people) 粵

人口統計 jan4 hau2 tung2 gai3 ren2 kou3 tong3 ji4 = vital statistics; population statistics (common formation)

人口趨勢 jan4 hau2 ceoi1 sai3 ren2 kou3 qu1 shi4 = demographic trend (common formation)

人口狀況 jan4 hau2 zong6 fong3 ren2 kou3 zhuang4 kuang4 = demographic characteristic (common formation)

畀人飛 bei2 jan4 fei1 = spurned by lover 粵

豐儉由人 fung1 gim6 jau4 jan4 feng1 jian3 you2 ren2 = lavish or frugal to suit

外江人 ngoi6 gong1 jan4 = a person from North China; a northener 粵

軍人塚 gwan1 jan4 cung2 jun1 ren2 zhong3 = tomb for soldiers who died at war

半世人 bun3 sai3 jan4 = half of a lifetime 粵

行人電梯 hang4 jan4 din6 tai1 = escalator 粵

人行天橋 jan4 hang4 tin1 kiu4 ren2 xing2 tian1 qiao2 = footbridge; overpass

私人問題 si1 jan4 man6 tai4 si1 ren2 wen4 ti2 = personal questions

人蠢冇藥醫 jan4 ceon2 mou5 joek6 ji1 = a stupid person 粵

大忙人 daai6 mong4 jan4 da4 mang2 ren2 = a very busy person

一樣米養百樣人 jat1 joeng6 mai5 joeng5 baak3 joeng6 jan4 yi1 yang4 mi3 yang3 bai3 yang4 ren2 = there are different kinds of people in the world

食人隻車 sik6 jan4 zek3 geoi1 = too greedy 粵

陌生人 mak6 sang1 jan4 mo4 sheng1 ren2 = a stranger

個人化 go3 jan4 faa3 ge4 ren2 hua4 = personalisation; personalized

心上人 sam1 soeng6 jan4 xin1 shang4 ren2 = sweetheart, lover

癡人說夢 ci1 jan4 syut3 mung6 chi1 ren2 shuo1 meng4 = idiotic nonsense; lunatic ravings

三人成虎 saam1 jan4 sing4 fu2 san1 ren2 cheng2 hu3 = three men make a tiger

生埗人 saang1 bou6*2 jan4 = stranger 粵

手藝人 sau2 ngai6 jan4 shou3 yi4 ren2 = a craftsman; a handicraftsman

人見人愛 jan4 gin3 jan4 oi3 ren2 jian4 ren2 ai4 = everyone will love; lovable; likable

御用文人 jyu6 jung6 man4 jan4 yu4 yong4 wen2 ren2 = a hack writer

好人好姐 hou2 jan4 hou2 ze2 = in normal condition 粵

扣人心弦 kau3 jan4 sam1 jin4 kou4 ren2 xin1 xian2 = exciting, thrilling

變性人 bin3 sing3 jan4 bian4 xing4 ren2 = a transsexual

一鳴驚人 jat1 ming4 ging1 jan4 yi1 ming2 jing1 ren2 = (of an obscure person) amaze the world with a single brilliant feat

物以類聚，人以群分 mat6 ji5 leoi6 zeoi6 jan4 ji5 kwan4 fan1 wu4 yi3 lei4 ju4 ren2 yi3 qun2 fen1 = birds of a feather flock together

小男人 siu2 naam4 jan4 xiao3 nan2 ren2 = toy boy; boy toy

一表人才 jat1 biu2 jan4 coi4 yi1 biao3 ren2 cai2 = striking appearance

跳傘人 tiu3 saan3 jan4 tiao4 san3 ren2 = a parachutist (common formation)

山地人 saan1 dei6 jan4 shan1 di4 ren2 = mountain people, mountaineer; aborigine living in the mountains

有錢人 jau5 cin4*2 jan4 you3 qian2 ren2 = a rich man; the rich

以貌取人 ji5 maau6 ceoi2 jan4 = judge a book by its cover

退伍軍人 teoi3 ng5 gwan1 jan4 tui4 wu3 jun1 ren2 = a demobilized soldier; an ex-serviceman; a veteran

空中飛人 hung1 zung1 fei1 jan4 = a trapeze artist

狼人 long4 jan4 lang2 ren2 = wolfman, loup-garou, werewolf

引人入勝 jan5 jan4 jap6 sing3 = attractive; eye-catching

駭人聽聞 haai5/hoi5 jan4 teng1 man4 = terrifying news

人贓並獲 jan4 zong1 bing6 wok6 ren2 zang1 bing4 huo4 = caught red handed; caught in an illegal act

人贓俱獲 jan4 zong1 keoi1 wok6 ren2 zang1 ju4 huo4 = caught red handed; caught in the act

人仔 jan4 zai2 = Renminbi 粵

少數人種 siu2 sou3 jan4 zung2 shao3 shu4 ren2 zhong3 = minority (race)

黃種人 wong4 zung2 jan4 = the yellow race

人種歧視 jan4 zung2 kei4 si6 ren2 zhong3 qi2 shi4 = racial discrimination

屈人 wat1 jan4 = to extort (somebody) 粵

喐人 juk1 jan4 = to beat sb up 粵

篤人背脊 duk1 jan4 bui3 zek3 = to doublecross someone 粵

雙面人 soeng1 min6 jan4 shuang1 mian4 ren2 = a double-faced person

寡人 gwaa2 jan4 gua3 ren2 = lone person; I, the sovereign; Royal we

殺人放火 saat3 jan4 fong3 fo2 = to commit murder and arson

公證人 gung1 zing3 jan4 gong1 zheng4 ren2 = a notary; an actuary

揸弗人 zaa1 fit1 jan4 = to one who gives orders; the one who calls the shots; the boss 粵

人心不足蛇呑象 jan4 sam1 bat1 zuk1 se4 tan1 zoeng6 ren2 xin1 bu4 zu2 she2 tun1 xiang4 = greed (that is detrimental to oneself)

人類豬型流感 jan4 leoi6 zyu1 jing4 lau4 gam2 ren2 lei4 zhu1 xing2 liu2 gan3 = human swine influenza

真人秀 zan1 jan4 sau3 zhen1 ren2 xiu4 = tv reality, reality show

真人騷 zan1 jan4 sou1 = tv reality, reality show 粵

被害人 bei6 hoi6 jan4 bei4 hai4 ren2 = the victim, the injured party

可見人 ho2 gin3 jan4 ke3 jian4 ren2 = to be presentable (in public)

老人院 lou5 jan4 jyun6*2 lao3 ren2 yuan4 = a home for the aged (common formation)

騙人 pin3 jan4 pian4 ren2 = to cheat somebody; a scam

樹搖葉落人搖福薄 syu6 jiu4 jip6 lok6 jan4 jiu4 fuk1 bok6 shu4 yao2 ye4 luo4 ren2 yao2 fu2 bo2 = a saying that discourages one from swaying or shaking one's legs 粵

個人網 go3 jan4 mong5 ge4 ren2 wang3 = personal area network (PAN)

不求人 bat1 kau4 jan4 = a back scratcher 粵

外地人 ngoi6 dei6 jan4 wai4 di4 ren2 = an outsider, non-local, someone from another part of the country

寄人籬下 gei3 jan4 lei4 haa6 = depend on somebody for a living

人不為己天誅地滅 jan4 bat1 wai6 gei2 tin1 zyu1 dei6 mit6 ren2 bu4 wei4 zi3 tian1 zhu1 di4 mie4 = every man for himself

借係人情唔借係道理 ze3 hai6 jan4 cing4 m4 ze3 hai6 dou6 lei5 = to lend and help is out of kindness, but there are many reasons for not lending or helping 粵

守墓人 sau2 mou6 jan4 = a gravekeeper (common formation)

誤人子弟 ng6 jan4 zi2 dai6 wu4 ren2 zi3 di4 = misteach or mislead young people

人面 jan4 min6*2 = well connected; having influential friends 粵

害人害物 hoi6 yan4 hoi6 mat6 hai4 ren2 hai4 wu4 = to harm others; to implicate someone 粵

出人意表 ceot1 jan4 ji3 biu2 chu1 ren2 yi4 biao3 = beyond others' expectations

步人後塵 bou6 jan4 hau6 can4 bu4 ren2 hou4 chen2 = follow in someone's footsteps

合適人選 hap6 sik1 jan4 syun2 he2 shi4 ren2 xuan3 = suitable candidate

搞出人命 gaau2 ceot1 jan4 meng6 gao3 chu1 ren2 ming4 = do sth. that get someone killed; (slang) get pregnant

貴人事忙 gwai3 jan4 si6 mong4 gui4 ren2 shi4 mang2 = you're so busy; you're always so busy

出家人 ceot1 gaa1 jan4 chu1 jia1 ren2 = buddhist monk

單人匹馬 daan1 jan4 pat1 maa5 dan1 ren2 pi3 ma3 = single-handed; all by oneself 粵

人在江湖，身不由己 jan4 zoi6 gong1 wu4, san1 bat1 yau4 gei2 ren2 zai4 jiang1 hu2, shen1 bu4 you2 ji3 = to have little control over one's fate due to social constraints

人氣爆燈 jan4 hei3 baau3 dang1 ren2 qi4 bao4 deng1 = of a star's celebrity status to skyrocket 粵

人氣急升 jan4 hei3 gap1 sing1 ren2 qi4 ji2 sheng1 = of a star's celebrity status to skyrocket 粵

出人頭地 ceot1 jan4 tau4 dei6 chu1 ren2 tou2 di4 = stand out among one's peers; be head and shoulders above other people

識睇人眉頭眼額 sik1 tai2 jan4 mei4 tau4 ngaan5 ngaak6 = to be sensitive to the feelings of other people 粵

人心隔肚皮 jan4 sam1 gaak3 tou5 pei4 ren2 xin1 ge2 du4 pi2 = it's hard to really know sb; it's hard to know sb. true nature 粵

知人知面不知心 zi1 jan4 zi1 min6 bat1 zi1 sam1 zhi1 ren2 zhi1 mian4 bu4 zhi1 xin1 = you may know a person's face, yet you don't no his or her heart; it's hard to know sb. true nature

曲終人散 kuk1 zung1 jan4 saan3 qu3 zhong1 ren2 san4 = when the party is over; when a happy occasion has come to an end

單立人 daan1 lap6 jan4 dan1 li4 ren2 = Kangxi radical 9 (standing man) (亻)

單人旁 daan1 jan4 pong4 dan1 ren2 pang2 = Kangxi radical 9 (standing man) (亻)

雙人旁 soeng1 jan4 pong4 shuang1 ren2 pang2 = Kangxi radical 60 (step)

雙企人 soeng1 kei5 jan4 shuang1 qi3 ren2 = Kangxi radical 60 (step) 粵

貽笑後人 ji4 siu3 hau6 jan4 yi2 xiao4 hou4 ren2 = a butt for future ridicule

貽人口實 ji4 jan4 hau2 sat6 yi2 ren2 kou3 shi2 = to make oneself an object of ridicule

雙立人 soeng1 lap6 jan4 shuang1 li4 ren2 = Kangxi radical 60 (step)

人齊 jan4 cai4 ren2 qi2 = all the people has arrived 粵

人小鬼大 jan4 siu2 gwai2 daai6 ren2 xiao3 gui3 da4 = though young of age is skilled or experienced

印第安人 jan3 dai6 on1 jan4 yin4 di4 an1 ren2 = American Indian, Native Americans

鮮為人知 sin2 wai4 jan4 zi1 xian3 wei2 ren2 zhi1 = not known to many, secret to all but a few

生保人 saang1 bou2 jan4 = a stranger 粵

製片人 zai3 pin3*2 jan4 zhi4 pian4 ren2 = filmmaker

窮在路邊無人問,富在深山有遠親 kung4 zoi6 lou6 bin1 mou4 jan4 man6 fu3 zoi6 sam1 saan1 jau5 jyun5 can1 qiong2 zai4 lu4 bian1 wu2 ren2 wen4 fu4 zai4 shen1 shan1 you3 yuan3 qin1 = No money no friends

風吹雞蛋殼﹐財散人安樂。 fung1 ceoi1 gai1 daan6*2 hok3, coi4 saan3 jan4 on1 lok6 = money isn't everything; money isn't the most important thing in life

攝人魅力 sip3 jan4 mei6 lik6 = charming

人像 jan4 zoeng6 ren2 xiang4 = portrait, statue (of a person)

人工甜味劑 jan4 gung1 tim4 mei6 zai1 ren2 gong1 tian2 wei4 ji4 = artificial sweetener

畀人屈 bei2 jan4 wat1 = to be treat unjustly 粵

畀人 bei2 jan4 = let/give other people 粵

被人 bei6 jan4 bei4 ren2 = to be ... by someone

老人癡呆症 lou5 jan4 ci1 ngoi4 zing3 lao3 ren2 chi2 dai1 zheng4 = Alzheimer's disease; senile dementia

令人驚奇 ling6 jan4 ging1 kei4 ling4 ren2 jing1 qi2 = amazing

令人吃驚 ling6 jan4 hek3 ging1 ling4 ren2 chi1 jing1 = amazing

菲律賓人 fei1 leot6 ban1 jan4 fei1 lv4 bin1 ren2 = Filipino, Pinoy, Pinay

海外菲律賓人 hoi2 ngoi6 fei1 leot6 ban1 jan4 hai3 wai4 fei1 lv4 bin1 ren2 = overseas Filipino

人力的 jan4 lik6 dik1 ren2 li4 di2 = pedicab; a three wheeled bike that can take one or two passengers

害人不淺 hoi6 jan4 bat1 cin2 hai4 ren2 bu4 qian3 = do people great harm;

殺人越貨 saat3 jan4 jyut6 fo3 sha1 ren2 yue4 huo4 = to murder and loot; kill and rob

習武之人 zaap6 mou5 zi1 jan4 xi2 wu3 zhi1 ren2 = a practitioner of martial arts; a martial artist

傳道人 cyun4 dou6 jan4 chuan2 dao4 ren2 = preacher

好人有好報 hou2 jan4 jau5 hou2 bou3 hao3 ren2 you3 hao3 bao4 = one good turn deserves another

人生路不熟 jan4 sang1 lou6 bat1 suk6 ren2 sheng1 lu4 bu4 shu2 = unfamiliar surroundings (describing a new place); strangers and unfamiliar streets 粵

人生地不熟 jan4 sang1 dei6 bat1 suk6 ren2 sheng1 di4 bu4 shu2 = unfamiliar surroundings (describing a new place); strangers and unfamiliar streets

盡人皆知 zeon6 jan4 gaai1 zi1 jin4 ren2 jie1 zhi1 = known to everyone; well-known

撒手人寰 saat3 sau2 jan4 waan4 sa1 shou3 ren2 huan2 = to pass away; decease; die; to leave this realm of existence

慘絕人寰 caam2 zyut6 jan4 waan4 can3 jue2 ren2 huan2 = extremely brutal; utterly brutal

證婚人 zing3 fan1 jan4 zheng4 hun1 ren2 = (law) marriage witness

主婚人 zyu2 fan1 jan4 zhu3 hun1 ren2 = (at a wedding) officiator

情人眼裏有西施 cing4 jan4 ngaan5 leoi5 jau5 sai1 si1 qing2 ren2 yan3 li3 you3 xi1 shi1 = beauty is in the eye of the beholder

得人恩果千年記 dak1 jan4 jan1 gwo2 cin1 nin4 gei3 de2 ren2 en1 guo3 qian1 nian2 ji4 = to remember someone's favour to oneself for a 1000 years; to be grateful for what others have done for oneself

家破人亡 gaa1 po3 jan4 mong4 jia1 po4 ren2 wang2 = with one's house in ruins and family members dead

人心惶惶 jan4 sam1 wong4 wong4 ren2 xin1 huang2 huang2 = everyone is in a state of anxiety; widespread anxiety

人世滄桑 jan4 sai1 cong1 song1 ren2 shi4 cang1 sang1 = we live in an ever-changing world; the world is always tremendously changing

人聲鼎沸 jan4 sing1 ding2 fai3 ren2 sheng1 ding3 fei4 = a babel of voices; a hubbub of loud voices

人神共憤 jan4 san4 gung6 fan5 ren2 shen2 gong4 fen4 = sth. that causes both man and god to be enraged; to cause great indignation

人云亦云 jan4 wan4 jik6 wan4 ren2 yun2 yi4 yun2 = copy what others say; to echo the views and opionions of others without one's own

人人自危 jan4 jan4 zi6 ngai4 ren2 ren2 zi4 wei1 [PRC]/ wei2 [TW] = everyone is in danger; insecurity reigns among the populace

人面獸心 jan4 min6 sau3 sam1 ren2 mian4 shou4 xin1 = beast in human form

人字 jan4 zi6 = y-shaped; herringbone

收買人命 sau1 maai5 jan4 meng6 shou1 mai3 ren2 ming4 = to kill sb. 粵

黑色情人節 hak1 sik1 cing4 jan4 zit3 hei1 se4 qing2 ren2 jie2 = black Valentine's day, black day

臭男人 cau3 naam4 jan4 chou4 nan2 ren2 = bad guy, bad man

發人深省 faat3 jan4 sam1 sing2 fa1 ren2 shen1 sheng3 = provide food for thought

人人有份 jan4 jan4 jau5 fan6 ren2 ren2 you3 fen4 = everyone is included

德國孖人牌 dak1 gwok3 maa1 jan4 paai4 de2 guo2 ma1 ren2 pai2 = Zwilling J.A. Henckels (German kitchenware company)

人無生活計，枉食人間米 jan4 mou4 sang1 wut6 gai3, wong2 sik6 jan4 gaan1 mai5 ren2 wu2 sheng1 huo2 ji4, wang3 shi2 ren2 jian1 mi3 = if one doesn't have a plan or goal in one will just waste his life away for nothing 粵

人身安全 jan4 san1 on1 cyun4 ren2 shen1 an1 quan2 = personal safety

持牌人 ci4 paai4 jan4 chi2 pai2 ren2 = licensee

唔聲唔聲，嚇人一驚 m4 seng1 m4 seng1, haak3 jan4 jat1 geng1 wu2 sheng1 wu2 sheng1, xia4 ren2 yi1 jing1 = to catch sb. by suprise; do sth. totally unexpected to the suprise of others 粵

紅藝人 hung4 ngai6 jan4 hong2 yi4 ren2 = transsexual performance artist

閹人 jim1 jan4 yan1 ren2 = a eunuch; a castrated male (person)

有頭毛冇人想生鬎鬁 jau5 tau4 mou4 mou5 jan4 soeng2 saang1 laat3 lei1 = given a choice no one would do it this way; have no alternative but to make an unwise decision 粵

死人冧樓 sei2 jan4 lam3 lau4*2 = generalization of tragedy 粵

愚人節 jyu4 jan4 zit3 yu2 ren2 jie2 = April fool's day

巴結有錢人好過拜靈菩薩 baa1 git3 jau5 cin4*2 jan4 hou2 gwo3 baai3 leng4 pou4 saat3 ba1 jie5 you3 qian2 ren2 hao3 guo4 bai4 ling2 pu2 sa4 = it is worthwhile to rub shoulders with the wealthy 粵

得失人 dak1 sat1 jan4 de2 shi1 ren2 = offend someone 粵

亂過亂世佳人 lyun6 gwo3 lyun6 sai1 gaai1 jan4 luan4 guo4 luan4 shi4 jia1 ren2 = very chaotic; very messy 粵

兇人 hung1 jan4 xiong1 ren2 = threaten sb; intimidate 粵

𦧲住人 loe2 zyu6 jan4 = cling to sb; pester sb., nag people; never leave people alone 粵

順水人情 seon6 seoi2 jan4 cing4 = a favour offered at one's convenience 粵

擾人清夢 jiu2 jan4 cing1 mung6 rao3 ren2 qing1 meng4 = disturb one's sleep; disturb sb in the middle of a sweet dream

雷人 leoi4 jan4 lei2 ren2 = shocking, appalling, terrifying, terrific, ridiculous

羡煞旁人 sin6 saat3 pong4 jan4 xian4 sha4 pang2 ren2 = to make others envious

人旺 jan4 wong6 ren2 wang4 = bustling with noise and excitement; lots of people 粵

地球人 dei6 kau4 jan4 di4 qiu2 ren2 = terrestrial, earthman

火星人 fo2 sing1 jan4 huo3 xing1 ren2 = martian

街外人 gaai1 ngoi6 jan4 jie1 wai4 ren2 = an outsider; someone from outside the vicinity; somebody outside on the street 粵

先發制人 sin1 faat3 zai3 jan4 xian1 fa1 zhi4 ren2 = preemptive strike; steal a march

背脊向天人所食 bui3 zek3 hoeng3 tin1 jan4 so2 sik6 bei4 ji2 xiang4 tian1 ren2 suo3 shi2 = (Cantonese saying) everything that crawls is edible for people 粵

小鳥依人 siu2 niu5 ji1 jan4 xiao3 niao3 yi1 ren2 = of a tender and lovely girl to lean against sb. just like a little bird

白種人 baak6 zung2 jan4 bai2 zhong3 ren2 = caucasian, the white people

自僱人士 zi6 gu3 jan4 si6 zi4 gu4 ren2 shi4 = self-employed person

被人罵 bei6 jan4 maa6 bei4 ren2 ma4 = to get a telling-off, to get a scolding

畀人鬧 bei2 jan4 naau6 (laau6) = to get a telling-off, to get a scolding 粵

鬧人 naau6 jan4 / laau6 jan4 = to curse someone 粵

罵人 maa6 jan4 ma4 ren2 = to curse someone

人生百態 jan4 sang1 baak3 taai3 ren2 sheng1 bai3 tai4 = the vicissitudes of life

遇人不淑 jyu6 jan4 bat1 suk6 yu4 ren2 bu4 shu1 [PRC] shu2 [TW] = (of a woman) be married to a scoundrel; have a good-for-nothing as a husband

帶人遊花園 daai3 jan4 jau4 faa1 jyun4*2 dai4 ren2 you2 hua1 yuan2 = to take sb.on a wild goose chase; mislead; misdirect 粵

人字梯 jan4 zi6 tai1 ren2 zi4 ti1 = step ladder; standing ladder; double ladder

感人 gam2 jan4 gan3 ren2 = touching; moving; stirring

人字旁 jan4 zi6 pong4 ren2 zi4 pang2 = Kangxi radical 9 (standing man) (亻)

人世間 jan4 sai3 gaan1 ren2 shi4 jian1 = the human world; on earth; in this world

類人猿 leoi6 jan4 jyun4 lei4 ren2 yuan2 = anthropoid ape

哲人其萎 zit3 jan4 kei4 wai2 = a sage is passing away

辯護人 bin6 wu6 jan4 bian4 hu4 ren2 = defense attorney; defense lawyer

公訴人 gung1 sou3 jan4 gong1 su4 ren2 = procurator; prosecutor

青年人 cing1 nin4 jan4 qing1 nian2 ren2 = young people, the young

年青人 nin4 cing1 jan4 nian2 qing1 ren2 = young people, the young

還人情 waan4 jan4 cing4 huan2 ren2 qing2 = return a favour

人文主義 jan4 man4 zyu2 ji6 ren2 wen2 zhu3 yi4 = humanism

篤人出嚟 duk1 jan4 ceot1 lei4 du3 ren2 chu1 li2 = to blow somebody's cover 粵

神職人員 san4 zik1 jan4 jyun4 shen2 zhi2 ren2 yuan2 = clergy; cleric

名人堂 ming4 jan4 tong4 ming2 ren2 tang2 = hall of fame

任人宰割 jam6 jan4 zoi2 got3 ren4 ren2 zai3 ge1 = allow others to manipulate and humiliate oneself

物似主人形 mat6 ci5 zyu2 jan4 jing4 wu4 si4 zhu3 ren2 xing2 = pets or other possessions resemble their owner 粵

原訴人 jyun4 sou3 jan4 yuan2 su4 ren2 = plaintiff; complainant

抗辯人 kong3 bin6 jan4 kang4 bian4 ren2 = defendant

答辯人 daap3 bin6 jan4 da2 bian4 ren2 = respondent

強人所難 koeng5 jan4 so2 naan4 qiang3 ren2 suo3 nan2 = force someone to do sth. that he doesn't want to do or is uncapable of doing

聯繫人 lyun4 hai6 jan4 lian2 xi4 ren2 = a contact; contacts

聯繫人列表 lyun4 hai6 jan4 lit6 biu2 lian2 xi4 ren2 lie4 biao3 = contact list (common formation)

行內人 hong4 noi6 jan4 hang2 nei4 ren2 = (of a profession) insider

人多勢衆 jan4 do1 sai3 zung3 ren2 duo1 shi4 zhong4 = lots of men coupled with great power; powerful in numbers

坐收漁人之利 zo6 sau1 jyu4 jan4 zi1 lei6 zuo4 shou1 yu2 ren2 zhi1 li4 = let somebody else do all the work and reap all the benefit

防人之心不可無 fong4 jan4 zi1 sam1 bat1 ho2 mou4 fang2 ren2 zhi1 xin1 bu4 ke3 wu2 = people should always be on guard against those set on harming them

精人出口，笨人出手 zeng1 jan4 ceot1 hau2 ban6 jan4 ceot1 sau2 jing1 ren2 chu1 kou3 ben4 ren2 chu1 shou3 = the smart fight with with their mouths, and the dumb with their hands 粵

人死不能復生 jan4 sei2 bat1 nang4 fuk6 sang1 ren2 si3 bu4 neng2 fu4 sheng1 = once you're dead you can't be resurrected

物是人非 mat6 si6 jan4 fei1 wu4 shi4 ren2 fei1 = things have remained the same, but people have changed

異鄉人 ji6 hoeng1 jan4 yi4 xiang1 ren2 = foreigner

聯絡人 lyun4 lok3 jan4 lian2 luo4 ren2 = coordinator

廣府人 gwong2 fu2 jan4 guang3 fu3 ren2 = Cantonese people

誰人 seoi4 jan4 shei2 ren2 = The Who (British rock band)

牧人 muk6 jan4 mu4 ren2 = shepherd; herdsman

蒙古人 mung4 gu2 jan4 meng3 gu3 ren2 = Mongol

保薦人 bou2 zin3 jan4 bao3 jian4 ren2 = sponsor

鬆人 sung1 jan4 song1 ren2 = to leave 粵

激死人 gik1 sei2 jan4 ji1 si3 ren2 = to be irritating or annoying 粵

港口工人 gong2 hau2 gung1 jan4 gang1 kou3 gong1 ren2 = longshoreman

寄件人 gei3 gin6 jan4 ji4 jian4 ren2 = sender (of mail)

人生苦短 jan4 sang1 fu2 dyun2 ren2 sheng1 ku3 duan3 = life is short and full of suffering

人要面，樹要皮 jan4 jiu3 min6*2 syu6 jiu3 pei4 ren2 yao4 mian4 shu4 yao4 pi2 = people care about saving face

成竇人 seng4 dau3 jan4 cheng2 dou4 ren2 = a whole family; a whole bunch of people 粵

使人唔使本 sai2 jan4 m4 sai2 bun2 shi3 ren2 wu2 shi3 ben3 = push people around too much 粵

勝人一籌 sing3 jan4 jat1 cau4 sheng4 ren2 yi1 chou2 = to have an edge on sb.

攞人命 lo2 jan4 meng6 luo3 ren2 ming4 = take sb's life; of conditions to be bad enough to almost kill sb. 粵

鐘點工人 zung1 dim2 gung1 jan4 zhong1 dian3 gong1 ren2 = temporary worker paid by the hour

禮多人不怪 lai5 do1 jan4 bat1 gwaai3 li3 duo1 ren2 bu4 guai4 = you can never be too polite

捉人痛腳 zuk1 jan4 tung3 goek3 zhuo1 ren2 tong4 jiao3 = get something on someone 粵

人去樓空 jan4 heoi3 lau4 hung1 ren2 qu4 lou2 kong1 = the place has been deserted; nobody around

含血噴人 ham4 hyut3 pan3 jan4 han2 xue4 pen1 ren2 = make abusive comments; make slanderous claims

人在做，天在看 jan4 zoi6 zou6 tin1 zoi6 hon3 ren2 zai4 zuo4 tian1 zai4 kan4 = you can't get away with anything; one's evil deeds won't go unpunished

為人母 wai4 jan4 mou5 wei2 ren2 mu3 = be a mother

為人父 wai4 jan4 fu6 wei2 ren2 fu4 = be a father

人頭落地 jan4 tau4 lok6 dei6 ren2 tou2 luo4 di4 = be decapitated; heads will roll

行內人士 hong4 noi6 jan4 si6 hang2 nei4 ren2 shi4 = industry insider

擺人上枱 baai2 jan4 soeng5 toi4*2 bai3 ren2 shang4 tai2 = put someone on the spot; put sb. in place of embarrassment or difficulty 粵

前無古人 cin4 mou4 gu2 jan4 qian2 wu2 gu3 ren2 = to have no predecessor; be historically unprecedented

私人空間 si1 jan4 hung1 gaan1 si1 ren2 kong1 jian1 = personal space

不可告人的事 bat1 ho2 gou3 jan4 dik1 si6 bu4 ke3 gao4 ren2 de5 shi6 = sth. shameful and secret

夜深人靜 je6 sam1 jan4 zing6 ye4 shen1 ren2 jing4 = the dead of the night; in the calm of the late night

出人情牌 ceot jan4 cing4 paai4*2 chu1 ren2 qing2 pai2 = make use of one's friendship

來說是非者，便是是非人 loi4 syut3 si6 fei1 ze2 bin6 si6 si6 fei1 jan4 lai2 shuo1 shi4 fei1 zhe3 bian4 shi4 shi4 fei1 ren2 = the person who talks about a gossiper, is himself a gossiper

做醜人 zou6 cau2 jan4 zuo4 chou3 ren2 = play the villain

成世人 seng4 sai3 jan4 cheng2 shi4 ren2 = one's whole life; an entire lifetime 粵

單人房 daan1 jan4 fong4*2 dan1 ren2 fang2 = single room; single bed room

長大成人 zoeng2 daai6 sing4 jan4 zhang3 da4 cheng2 ren2 = grow and mature into adulthood

暗箭傷人 am3 zin3 soeng1 jan4 an4 jian4 shang1 ren2 = to stab in the back; to unfairly and unexpectedly attack

瘋人院 fung1 jan4 jyun2 feng1 ren2 yuan4 = madhouse

月下老人 jyut6 haa6 lou5 jan4 yue4 xia4 lao3 ren2 = matchmaker

野蠻人 je5 maan4 jan4 ye3 man2 ren2 = barbarian, savage

惹人 je5 jan4 re3 ren2 = provoke; offend; attract

無人機 mou4 jan4 gei1 wu2 ren2 ji1 = drone (unmanned aerial vehicle for surveillance)

食人族 sik6 jan4 zuk6 shi2 ren2 zu2 = cannibal

人格分裂 jan4 gaak3 fan1 lit6 ren2 ge2 fen1 lie4 = personality split

出口傷人 ceot1 hau2 soeng1 jan4 chu1 kou3 shang1 ren2 = insult people with words

欺人太甚 hei1 jan4 taai3 sam6 qi1 ren2 tai4 shen4 = push people too far

一人計短,二人計長 jat1 jan4 gai3 dyun2 ji6 jan4 gai3 coeng4 ji1 ren2 ji4 duan3 er4 ren2 ji4 chang2 = two heads are better than one

非人生活 fei1 jan4 sang1 wut6 fei1 ren2 sheng1 huo2 = sub-human life

美人計 mei5 jan4 gai3 mei3 ren2 ji4 = honey trap

真人不露相 zan1 jan4 bat1 lou6 soeng3 zhen1 ren2 bu4 lou4 xiang4 = a man of true talent never shows off

因人而異 jan1 jan4 ji4 ji6 yin1 ren2 er2 yi4 = vary from person to person

以理服人 ji5 lei5 fuk6 jan4 yi3 li3 fu2 ren2 = persuade through reasoning

為人師表 wai4 jan4 si1 biu2 wei2 ren2 shi1 biao3 = role model to students

街頭藝人 gaai1 tau4 ngai6 jan4 jie1 tou2 yi4 ren2 = busker

天怒人怨 tin1 nou6 jan4 jyun3 tian1 nu4 ren2 yuan4 = make everyone mad; piss everyone off

人馬座 jan4 maa5 zo6 = Saggitarius

初戀情人 co1 lyun2 cing4 jan4 chu1 lian4 qing2 ren2 = first lover

陰陽人 jam1 joeng4 jan4 = hermaphrodite/bisexual person

殺人不眨眼 saat3 jan4 bat1 zaap3 ngaan5 sha1 ren2 bu4 zha3 yan3 = cold-blooded murder 國

殺人不見血 saat3 jan4 bat1 gin3 hyut3 sha1 ren2 bu2 jian4 xue4 (PRC), sha1 ren2 bu2 jian4 xie3 (Taiwan) = to kill or destroy a person with finesse

鄉人 hoeng1 jan4 = a villager; people of the same district.

乞人憎 hat1 jan4 zang1 qi3 ren2 zeng1 = despicable 粵

老人病學 lou5 jan4 beng6 hok6 = geriatrics

朝鮮民主主義人民共和國 ziu1 sin1 man4 zyu2 zyu2 ji6 jan4 man4 gung6 wo4 gwok3 chao2 xian3 min2 zhu3 zhu3 yi4 ren2 min2 gong4 he2 guo2 (PRC) = Democratic People's Republic of Korea

老撾人民民主共和國 lou5 gwo1 jan4 man4 man4 zyu2 gung6 wo4 gwok3 lao1 wo1 ren2 min2 min2 zhu3 gong4 he2 guo2 = Lao People's Democratic Republic (common formation)

車臣人 ce1 san4 jan4 = Chechen, a person from Chechnya

人相 jan4 soeng3 ren2 xiang4 = physiognomy (judging human character from facial features)

中人 zung1 jan4 zhong1 ren2 = short for 中間人

人民黨 jan4 man4 dong2 = Popular Party

巴人 baa1 jan4 = Palestinian

大腳毛人 daai6 goek3 mou4 jan4 = bigfoot, sasquatch, yeti

人和 jan4 wu4*2; jan4 wo4 ren2 hu2 = 和4*2: (mahjong) hand of man/humanly hand; 和4: support or unity of people

穿得迷死人 cyun1 dak1 mai4 sei2 jan4 = dressed up to kill

齊人之福 cai4 jan4 zi1 fuk1 = joy of man having two or more wives

中國人民武裝警察部隊 zung1 gwok3 jan4 man4 mou5 zong1 ging2 caat3 bou6 deoi6*2 zhong1 guo2 ren2 min2 wu3 zhuang1 jing3 cha2 bu4 dui4 = People's Armed Police (PAP)

中國人民解放軍 zung1 gwok3 jan4 man4 gaai2 fong3 gwan1 zhong1 guo2 ren2 min2 jie3 fang4 jun1 = People's Liberation Army (PLA)

中國人民解放軍空軍 zung1 gwok3 jan4 man4 gaai2 fong3 gwan1 hung1 gwan1 zhong1 guo2 ren2 min2 jie3 fang4 jun1 kong1 jun1 = People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF)

人權觀察 jan4 kyun4 gun1 caat3 ren2 quan2 guan1 cha2 = Human Rights Watch (organization)

人民英雄紀念碑 jan4 man4 jing1 hung4 gei3 nim6 bei1 ren2 min2 ying1 xiong2 ji4 nian4 bei1 = Monument to the People's Heroes, at Tiananmen Square

人民行動黨 jan4 man4 hang4 dung6 dong2 ren2 min2 xing2 dong4 dang3 = People's Action Party (ruling party in Singapore)

保加利亞人 bou2 gaa1 lei6 aa3 jan4 bao3 jia1 li4 ya4 ren2 = a Bulgarian person

愛沙尼亞人 oi3 saa1 nei4 aa3 jan4 ai4 sha1 ni2 ya4 ren2 = an Estonian person

愛爾蘭人 oi3 ji5 laan4 jan4 ai4 er3 lan2 ren2 = an Irishman

波蘭人 bo1 laan4 jan4 bo1 lan2 ren2 = a Polish person, a Pole

韓人 hon4 jan4 = a Korean person

個人數位助理 go3 jan4 sou3 wai6 zo6 lei5 ge4 ren2 shu4 wei4 zhu4 li3 = personal digital assistant, PDA

個人防護裝備 go3 jan4 fong4 wu6 zong1 bei6 ge5 ren2 fang2 hu4 zhuang1 bei4 = individual protective equipment

博茨瓦納人 bok3 ci4 ngaa5 naap6 jan4 bo2 ci2 wa3 na4 ren2 = person from Botswana

墨西哥人 mak6 sai1 go1 jan4 mo4 xi1 ge1 ren2 = Mexican

工人黨 gung1 jan4 dong2 gong1 ren2 dang3 = Workers' Party (Singapore opposition party)

新加坡人 san1 gaa1*3 bo1 jan4 xin1 jia1 po1 ren2 = Singaporean person

朝鮮人 ziu1 sin1 jan4 chao2 xian1 ren2 (Taiwan), chao2 xian3 ren2 (PRC) = Korean person; [PRC] a North Korean person

人猿星球 jan4 jyun4 sing1 kau4 ren2 yuan2 xing1 qiu2 = Planet of the Apes

波斯人 bo1 si1 jan4 bo1 si1 ren2 = Persian (person)

巴西人 baa1 sai1 jan4 ba1 xi1 ren2 = a Brazilian person

埃及人 oi1 /aai1 kap6 jan4 ai1 ji2 ren2 = an Egyptian person

民主黨人 man4 zyu2 dong2 jan4 min2 zhu3 dang3 ren2 = a Democratic party member

撒都該人 saat3 dou1 goi1 jan4 sa1 du1 gai1 ren2 = Sadducees

妖人 jiu2 jan4 yao1 ren2 = sorcerer

人工受孕 jan4 gung1 sau6 jan6 ren2 gong1 shou4 yun4 = [bio.] in vitro fertilization, artificial insemination (common formation)

人工受精 jan4 gung1 sau6 zing1 ren2 gong1 shou4 jing1 = [bio.] artificial insemination

網絡規劃人員 mong5 lok3 kwai1 waak6 jan4 jyun4 wang3 luo4 gui1 hua4 ren2 yuan2 = network planner

財務代理人 coi4 mou6 doi6 lei5 jan4 cai2 wu4 dai4 li3 ren2 = [n] fiscal, fiscal agent

軟件開發人員 jyun5 gin6*2 hoi1 faat3 jan4 jyun4 ruan3 jian4 kai1 fa1 ren2 yuan2 = software developer

人間天堂 jan4 gaan1 tin1 tong4 ren2 jian1 tian1 tang2 = heaven on Earth; nickname for the city Suzhou

一竹篙打晒一船人 jat1 zuk1 gou1 daa2 saai3 jat1 syun4 jan4 = someone who generalises someone, "to tar everyone with the same brush"

香港個人資料私人專員公署 hoeng1 gong2 go3 jan4 zi1 liu6*2 si1 jan4 zyun1 jyun4 gung1 cyu5 xiang1 gang3 ge4 ren2 zi1 liao4 si1 ren2 zhuan1 yuan2 gong1 shu3 = Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (common formation)

中國的最高領導人 zung1 gwok3 dik1 zeoi3 gou1 ling5 dou6 jan4 = Chinese supremo 國

中央人民政府聯絡辦公室 zung1 joeng1 jan4 man4 zing3 fu2 lyun4 lok3 baan6 gung1 sat1 = Liaison Office of the Central People's Government

二十世紀殺人網絡 ji6 sap6 sai3 gei3*2 saat3 jan4 mong5 lok3 = The Matrix

中央領導人 zung1 joeng1 ling5 dou6 jan4 = the central leaders

中華人民共和國國家工商行政管理局 zung1 waa4 jan4 man4 gung6 wo4 gwok3 gwok3 gaa1 gung1 soeng1 hang4 zing3 gun2 lei5 guk6*2 = State Administration for Industry and Commerce of the PRC

保護證人計劃 bou2 wu6 zing3 jan4 gai3 waak6 = the witness protection programme/program

個人資料私隱專員公署 go3 jan4 zi1 liu6*2 si1 jan2 zyun1 jyun4 gung1 cyu5 = Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data

偷聽別人談話 tau1 teng1 bit6 jan4 taam4 waa6 = eavesdropping on private conversations (common formation)

最高人民檢察院 zeoi3 gou1 jan4 man4 gim2 caat3 jyun6*2 = Supreme People's Procuratorate

第一張個人專輯 dai6 jat1 zoeng1 go3 jan4 zyun1 cap1 = debut album

聯合國人權中心 lyun4 hap6 gwok3 jan4 kyun4 zung1 sam1 = United Nations Centre for Human Rights

聯合國人類環境會議 lyun4 hap6 gwok3 jan4 leoi6 waan4 ging2 wui6 ji5 = United Nations Conference on the Human Environment

聯合國救援人員 lyun4 hap6 gwok3 gau3 wun4 jan4 jyun4 = UN relief officials

阿拉伯激進人士 aa3 laai1 baak3 gik1 zeon3 jan4 si6 = Arab radicals

蠱惑人心 gu2 waak6 jan4 sam1 gu3 huo4 ren2 xin1 = rabble-rousing 國

鼓吹企業改革的人士 gu2 ceoi1 kei5 jip6 goi2 gaak3 dik1 jan4 si6 = corporate-reform activists 國 (common formation)

同性戀人權鬥士 tung4 sing3 lyun2 jan4 kyun4 dau3 si6 tong2 xing4 lian4 ren2 quan2 dou4 shi4 = gay rights activists (common formation)

尋求政治庇護人士 cam4 kau4 zing3 zi6 bei3 wu6 jan4 si6 = asylum seeker (common formation)

巴基斯坦人 baa1 gei1 si1 taan2 jan4 = a Pakistani (person)

超人A ciu1 jan4 ei1 = Ultraman Ace

福州人 fuk1 zau1 jan4 = a person from Fuzhou

非洲人 fei1 zau1 jan4 = African (person)

福建人 fuk1 gin3 jan4 = a person from Fuji

加拿大人 gaa1 naa4 daai6 jan4 = a Canadian (person)

希臘人 hei1 laap6 /lip6 jan4 = a Greek person

香港日本人俱樂部 hoeng1 gong2 jat6 bun2 keoi1 lok6 bou6 = The Hong Kong Japanese Club

港人治港 gong2 jan4 zi6 gong2 = rule of Hong Kong by the people of Hong Kong

天無絕人之路 tin1 mou4 zyut6 jan4 zi1 lou6 tian1 wu2 jue2 ren2 zhi1 lu4 = Heaven never leaves a man absolutely no way out

蒙面超人 mung4 min6 ciu1 jan4 = Kamen Rider

最高人民法院 zeoi3 gou1 jan4 man4 faat3 jyun6*2 = Supreme People's Court

愛斯基摩人 oi3 si1 gei1 mo1 jan4 = [n] an Eskimo

中華人民共和國國徽 zung1 waa4 jan4 man4 gung6 wo4 gwok3 gwok3 fai1 zhong1 hua2 ren2 min2 gong4 he2 guo2 guo2 hui1 = PRC national insignia (common formation)

黑人法令 hak1 jan4 faat3 ling6 hei1 ren2 fa3 ling4 = black person ordinances; Black codes

馬來西亞華人公會 maa5 loi4 sai1 aa3 waa4 jan4 gung1 wui6*2 ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4 hua2 ren2 gong1 hui4 = Malaysian Chinese Association

獅身人面像 si1 san1 jan4 min6 zoeng6 = the Sphinx

人民銀行 jan4 man4 ngan4 hong4 ren2 min2 yin2 hang2 = The People's Bank of China

現袋人 jin6 doi6 jan4 = "expose scrotum man," a nasty pun on 現代人

北京人民大會堂 bak1 ging1 jan4 man4 daai6 wui6 tong4 bei3 jing1 ren2 min2 da4 hui4 tang2 = the Great Hall of the People in Beijing

庫爾德人 fu3 ji5 dak1 jan4 ku4 er3 de2 ren2 = Kurdish person or people

吉爾吉斯人 gat1 ji5 gat1 si1 jan4 ji2 er3 ji2 si1 ren2 = Kyrghiz

共和黨人 gung6 wo4 dong2 jan4 gong4 he2 dang3 ren2 = a Republican party member

布須曼人 bou3 seoi1 maan6 jan4 bu4 xu1 man4 ren2 = bushman (African minority)

危地馬拉人 ngai4 dei6 maa5 laai1 jan4 Wei1 di4 ma3 la1 ren2 = a Guatemalan person

塔吉克人 taap3 gat1 hak1 jan4 ta3 ji2 ke4 ren2 = Tajik

吉人天相 gat1 jan4 tin1 soeng3 ji2 ren2 tian1 xiang4 = good people have heaven's blessings

人權宣言 jan4 kyun4 syun1 jin4 ren2 quan2 xuan1 yan2 = Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789)

法定人數 faat3 ding6 jan4 sou3 fa3 ding4 ren2 shu4 = quorum

不以人齒 bat1 ji5 jan4 ci2 = perverse, inhuman, not to be regarded as one of humankind

愛國民主人士 oi3 gwok3 man4 zyu2 jan4 si6 ai4 guo2 min2 zhu3 ren2 shi4 = patriotic democratic personages 國 (common formation)

白領工人 baak6 leng5 gung1 jan4 bai2 ling3 gong1 ren2 = white collar worker (common formation)

法人代表 faat3 jan4 doi6 biu2 fa3 ren2 dai4 biao3 = legal representative (common formation)

個人所得稅 go3 jan4 so2 dak1 seoi3 ge4 ren2 suo3 de5 shui4 = personal income tax (common formation)

個人演唱會 go3 jan4 jin2 coeng3 wui6*2 ge4 ren2 yan3 chang4 hui4 = solo concert (common formation)

基本人權 gei1 bun2 jan4 kyun4 ji1 ben3 ren2 quan2 = fundamental human rights (common formation)

技術工人 gei6 seot6 gung1 jan4 ji4 shu4 gong1 ren2 = a technician; a skilled worker (common formation)

人均住房 jan4 gwan1 zyu6 fong4 ren2 jun1 zhu4 fang2 = per-capita housing (common formation)

人道組織 jan4 dou6 zou2 zik1 ren2 dao4 zu3 zhi1 = humanitarian organization (common formation)

人際交往 jan4 zai3 gaau1 wong5 ren2 ji4 jiao1 wang3 = human communication (common formation)

以人為本 ji5 jan4 wai4 bun2 yi3 ren2 wei2 ben3 = people oriented; people foremost (common formation)

盲人識字系統 maang4 jan4 sik1 zi6 hai6 tung2 mang2 ren2 shi2 zi4 xi4 tong3 = braille (lit., "blind man's literacy system")

猶太人散居地 jau4 taai3 jan4 saan2 geoi1 dei6 = Jewish Diaspora (lit., "Jews living scattered across the Earth")

人體工程學 jan4 tai2 gung1 cing4 hok6 = ergonomics

北京工人體育場 bak1 ging1 gung1 jan4 tai2 juk6 coeng4 bei3 jing1 gong1 ren2 ti3 yu4 chang2 = Workers Stadium

中國人民大學 zung1 gwok3 jan4 man4 daai6 hok6 zhong1 guo2 ren2 min2 da4 xue2 = Renmin University of China

柬埔寨人民黨 gaan2 bou3 zaai6 jan4 man4 dong2 jian3 pu3 zhai4 ren2 min2 dang3 = Cambodian People's Party (common formation)

解放巴勒斯坦人民陣線 gaai2 fong3 baa1 lak6 si1 taan2 jan4 man4 zan6 sin3 jie3 fang4 ba1 le4 si1 tan3 ren2 min2 zhen4 xian4 = Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (common formation)

雞仔媒人 gai1 zai2 mui4 jan4*2 = busybody 粵

亂世佳人 lyun6 sai3 gaai1 jan4 luan4 shi4 Jia1 ren2 = Gone with the Wind (film title)

安新私人銀行有限公司 on1 san1 si1 jan4 ngan4 hong4 jau5 haan6 gung1 si1 = D.A.H. Private Bank Limited (common formation)

泰國軍人銀行 taai3 gwok3 gwan1 jan4 ngan4 hong4 = Thai Military Bank Public Company Limited (common formation)

閒人 haan4 jan4 xian2 ren2 = a person having nothing to do

閒人免進 haan4 jan4 min5 zeon3 xian2 ren2 mian3 jin4 = no admittance except on business

木人樁 muk6 jan4 zong1 mu4 ren2 zhuang1 = wooden dummy

人民網 jan4 man4 mong5 ren2 min2 wang3 = online version of the People's Daily

維京人 wai4 ging1 jan4 wei2 jing1 ren2 = Vikings (as loanword)

前人種樹後人乘涼 cin4 jan4 zung3 syu6 hau6 jan4 sing4 loeng4 = one generation plants trees, the next enjoys the shade

人間詞話 jan4 gaan1 ci4 waa6 ren2 jian1 ci2 hua4 = the essay "Poetic remarks in the human world" by 王國維

掌門人 zoeng2 mun4 jan4 zhang3 men2 ren2 = [1] a patriarch of a martial arts sect [2] a leader

選舉人團 syun2 geoi2 jan4 tyun4 xuan3 ju3 ren2 tuan2 = the electoral college (common formation)

四人幫 sei3 jan4 bong1 si4 ren2 bang1 = the Gang of Four

人肉搜索 jan4 juk6 sau2 saak3 ren2 rou4 sou1 suo3 = human powered search engine (lit., "human flesh search") (common formation)

人心叵測 jan4 sam1 po2 cak1 ren2 xin1 po3 ce4 = man's heart is incomprehensible

耶和華見證人 je4 wo4 waa4 gin3 zing3 jan4 ye1 he4 hua2 jian4 zheng4 ren2 = Jehovah's Witnesses

膾炙人口 kui2 zek3 jan4 hau2 kuai4 zhi4 ren2 kou3 = widely known and praised

猿人店 jyun4 jan4 dim3 = a Bathing Ape store

仝人 tung4 jan4 tong2 ren2 = coterie; fellow workers; colleagues; brothers; fraternity

情人眼裡出西施 cing4 jan4 ngaan5 leoi5 ceot1 sai1 si1 qing2 ren2 yan3 li3 chu1 xi1 shi1 = love is blind

大男人主義 daai6 naam4 jan4 zyu2 ji6 da4 nan2 ren2 zhu3 yi4 = male chauvinism

個人發展 go3 jan4 faat3 zin2 ge4 ren2 fa1 zhan3 = personal development

個人感覺 go3 jan4 gam2 gok3 ge4 ren2 gan3 jue2 = personal feeling

個人淺見 go3 jan4 cin2 gin3 ge4 ren2 qian3 jian4 = in my humble opinion

個人衛生 go3 jan4 wai6 saang1 ge4 ren2 wei4 sheng5 = personal hygiene

個人門戶 go3 jan4 mun4 wu6 ge4 ren2 men2 hu4 = personal web portal

夢中人 mung6 zung1 jan4 meng4 zhong1 ren2 = dream lover

半神半人 bun3 san4 bun3 jan4 ban4 shen1 ban4 ren2 = demigod

私人伺服器 si1 jan4 si6 fuk6 hei3 si1 ren2 si4 fu2 qi4 = private server

戴卓爾夫人 daai3 coek3 ji5 fu1 jan4 dai4 zhuo1 er3 fu1 ren2 = Margaret Thatcher

人見人愛車見車載 jan4 gin3 jan4 oi3 ce1 gin3 ce1 zoi3 ren2 jian4 ren2 ai4 che1 jian4 che1 zai3 = everyone will love; lovable; likable

變種人 bin3 zung2 jan4 bian4 zhong3 ren2 = a mutant

盲人瞎馬 maang4 jan4 hat6 maa5 mang2 ren2 xia1 ma3 = rushing into disaster (lit., "a blind man on a blind horse")

萬人塚 maan6 jan4 cung2 wan4 ren2 zhong3 = mass grave

退伍軍人症 teoi3 ng5 gwan1 jan4 zing3 tui4 wu3 jun1 ren2 zheng4 = legionnaire's disease

白人至上主義 baak6 jan4 zi3 soeng6 zyu2 ji6 = white supremacy (common formation)

人善人欺天不欺 jan4 sin6 jan4 hei1 tin1 bat1 hei1 = Kind people may be deceived by humans but not by God

見字如見人 gin3 zi6 jyu4 gin3 jan4 = handwriting can determine one's personality

踢人入會 tek3 jan4 jap6 wui6*2 = to recruit sb to join the underworld 粵

人之患 jan4 zi1 waan6 = a teacher (lit., "man's trouble") 粵

仿生人 fong2 sang1 jan4 fang3 sheng1 ren2 = android

機械化人 gei1 haai6 faa3 jan4 ji1 xie4 hua4 ren2 = cybernetic human

世界人權宣言 sai3 gaai3 jan4 kyun4 syun1 jin4 shi4 jie4 ren2 quan2 xuan1 yan2 = Universal Declaration of Human Rights

鹹蛋超人 haam4 daan6*2 ciu1 jan4 xian2 dan4 chao1 ren2 = Ultraman 粵

對人地雷 deoi3 jan4 dei6 leoi4 dui4 ren2 di4 lei2 = anti-personnel mine

若要人不知，除非己莫為 jeok6 jiu3 jan4 bat1 zi1, ceoi4 fei1 gei2 mok6 wai4 ruo4 yao4 ren2 bu4 zhi1, chu2 fei1 ji3 mo4 wei2 = if you don't want to be found out, don't do sth. (wrong)

己所不欲，勿施於人 gei2 so2 bat1 juk6, mat6 si1 jyu1 jan4 ji3 suo3 bu4*2 yu4, wu4 shi1 yu2 ren2 = do unto others as you would have them do unto you

息事寧人 sik1 si6 ning4 jan4 xi1 [PRC] xi2 [TW] shi4 ning2 ren2 = for the sake of harmony settle a dispute or conflict;

以其人之道，還治其人之身 ji5 kei4 jan4 zi1 dou6, waan4 zi6 kei4 jan4 zi1 san1 yi3 qi2 ren2 zhi1 dao4 , huan2 zhi4 qi2 ren2 zhi1 shen1 = pay sb. back in the same way they did sth. to you

人命關天 jan4 ming6 gwaan1 tin1 ren2 ming4 guan1 tian1 = a life and death issue

吃得苦中苦，方為人上人 hek3 dak1 fu2 zung1 fu2, fong1 wai4 jan4 soeng6 jan4 chi1 de2 ku3 zhong1 ku3, fang1 wei2 ren2 shang4 ren2 = to rise in society you must be able edure the most difficult of hardships

睹物思人 dou2 mat6 si1 jan4 du3 wu4 si1 ren2 = to see sth. the reminds one of the owner

鄙人 pei2 jan4 bi3 ren2 = I; myself [a self-deprecatory expression]

吾人 ng4 jan4 wu2 ren2 = I; we

人乳頭瘤病毒 jan4 jyu5 tau4 lau4 beng6 duk6 ren2 ru3 tou2 liu2 bing4 du4 = Human papillomavirus (HPV)

廓爾廓人 kwok3 ji5 kwok3 jan4 kuo4 er3 kuo4 ren2 = Gurkha, Gorkha

闃無一人 gwik1 mou4 jat1 jan4 qu4 wu2 yi4 ren2 = absolutely no one around; not a soul to be seen

闃無人聲 gwik1 mou4 jan4 sing1 qu4 wu2 ren2 sheng1 = totally quiet; no one to be heard

人中穴 jan4 zung1 jyut6 ren2 zhong1 xue2 = philtrum

人民陪審員 jan4 man4 pui4 sam2 jyun4 ren2 min2 pei2 shen3 yuan2 = people's assessor; people's juror

唔係人噉品 m4 hai6 jan4 gam2 ban2 = unfeeling and unreasonable; peculiar character 粵

君子不奪人所好 gwan1 zi2 bat1 dyut6 jan4 so2 hou3 jun1 zi3 bu4 duo2 ren2 suo3 hao4 = a man of noble character doesn't seize things which another treasures

人頭馬 jan4 tau4 maa5 ren2 tou2 ma3 = Rémy Martin cognac

乏人問津 fat6 jan4 man6 zeon1 fa2 ren2 wen4 jin1 = very few people are making enquiries

香港國際七人欖球賽 hoeng1 gong2 gwok3 zai3 cat1 jan4 laam5*2 kau4 coi3 xiang1 gang3 guo2 ji4 qi1 ren2 lan3 qiu2 sai4 = Hong Kong Sevens

解鈴還須繫鈴人 gaai2 ling4 waan4 seoi1 hai6 ling4 jan4 jie3 ling2 huan2 xu1 xi4 ling2 ren2 = the only one who can fix the problem is the one who created the problem

人口販賣 jan4 hau2 faan3 maai6 ren2 kou3 fan4 mai4 = human trafficking

前無古人，後無來者 cin4 mou4 gu2 jan4 hau6 mou4 loi4 ze2 qian2 wu2 gu3 ren2 hou4 wu2 lai2 zhe3 = historically unprecedented

夜闌人靜 je6 laan4 jan4 zing6 ye4 lan2 ren2 jing4 = in the silence of the night; in the middle of the night

打人情牌 daa2 jan4 cing4 paai4*2 da3 ren2 qing2 pai2 = make use of one's friendship

嚴以律己，寬以待人 jim4 ji5 leot6 gei2 fun1 ji5 doi6 jan4 yan2 yi3 lv4 ji3 kuan1 yi3 dai4 ren2 = to treat oneself strictly and others with leniency

授人以魚，不如授人以漁 sau6 jan4 ji5 jyu4 bat1 jyu4 sau6 jan4 ji5 jyu4 shou4 ren2 yi3 yu2 bu4 ru2 shou4 ren2 yi3 yu2 = it's better to teach a man to fish than to give a man a fish

殺人唔䁪眼 saat3 jan4 m4 zaam2 ngaan5 = variant of 殺人不眨眼粵

推己及人 teoi1 gei2 kap6 jan4 tui1 ji3 ji2 ren2 = put oneself in sb's shoes

枳滿晒人 zat1 mun5 saai3 jan4 = crowded with people 粵

餵人奶 wai3 jan4 naai5 wei4 ren2 nai3 = breastfeed 粵

先敬羅衣後敬人 sin1 ging3 lo4 ji1 hau6 ging3 jan4 xian1 jing4 luo2 yi1 hou4 jing4 ren2 = fine clothes open all doors

狗眼看人低 gau2 ngaan5 hon3 jan4 dai1 gou3 yan3 kan4 ren2 di1 = snobbishly despise others

草菅人命 cou2 gaan1 jan4 meng6 cao3 jian1 ren2 ming4 = treat human life with indifference

殺人如麻 saat3 jan4 jyu4 maa4 sha1 ren2 ru2 m2 = kill people like flies

人跡罕至 jan4 zik1 hon2 zi3 ren2 ji4 han3 zhi4 = uncharted; off the beaten track

不食人間煙火 bat1 sik6 jan4 gaan1 jin1 fo2 bu4 shi2 ren2 jian1 yan1 huo3 = otherworldly; free of worldly cares

死人燈籠 sei2 jan4 dang1 lung4 si3 ren2 deng1 long2 = report an inflated figure 粵

賠了夫人又折兵 pui4 liu5 fu1 jan4 jau6 zit3 bing1 pei2 le5 fu1 ren2 you4 zhe2 bing1 = throw good money after bad

港人首置上車盤 gong2 jan4 sau2 ji3 soeng5 ce1 pun4*2 = Starter Homes Scheme

網絡紅人 mong5 lok3 hung4 jan4 wang3 luo4 hong2 ren2 = key opinion leader

低端人口 dai1 dyun1 jan4 hau2 di1 duan1 ren2 kou3 = low-end population

中國人民銀行 zung1 gwok3 jan4 man4 ngan4 hong4 = People's Bank of China

中國人大 zung1 gwok3 jan4 daai6 zhong1 guo2 ren2 da4 = China National People's Congress

香港傷殘人士體育協會 hoeng1 gong2 soeng1 caan4 jan4 si6 tai2 juk6 hip3 wui6*2 = Hong Kong Sports Association for the Physically Disabled

香港專業人才協會 hoeng1 gong2 zyun1 jip6 jan4 coi4 hip3 wui6*2 = Hong Kong Professionals and Executives Association

香港新聞行政人員協會 hoeng1 gong2 san1 man4 hang4 zing3 jan4 jyun4 hip3 wui6*2 = The Hong Kong News Executives' Association

香港社會工作人員協會 hoeng1 gong2 se5 wui6*2 gung1 zok3 jan4 jyun4 hip3 wui6*2 = Hong Kong Social Workers Association

香港管理人員專業協會 hoeng1 gong2 gun2 lei5 jan4 jyun4 zyun1 jip6 hip3 wui6*2 = The Hong Kong Management Association

香港航空機組人員協會 hoeng1 gong2 hong4 hung1 gei1 zou2 jan4 jyun4 hip3 wui6*2 = Hong Kong Aircrew Officers' Association

人體藝術協會 jan4 tai2 ngai6 seot6 hip3 wui6*2 = Body Arts Association

中華人民共和國主席 zung1 waa4 jan4 man4 gung6 wo4 gwok3 zyu2 zik6 zhong1 hua2 ren2 min2 gong4 he2 guo2 zhu3 xi2 = President of the People’s Republic of China

新聞人員行政協會 san1 man4 jan4 jyun4 hang4 zing3 hip3 wui6*2 = News Executives’ Association

全國人大委員長 cyun4 gwok3 jan4 daai6 wai2 jyun4 zoeng2 = NPC chairman

全國人民代表大會代表資格審查委員會 cyun4 gwok3 jan4 man4 doi6 biu2 daai6 wui6*2 doi6 biu2 zi1 gaak3 sam2 caa4 wai2 jyun4 wui6*2 = NPC Credentials Committee

全國人民代表大會常務委員會 cyun4 gwok3 jan4 man4 doi6 biu2 daai6 wui6*2 soeng4 mou6 wai2 jyun4 wui6*2 = Standing Committee of the NPC

全國人民代表大會提案審查委員會 cyun4 gwok3 jan4 man4 doi6 biu2 daai6 wui6*2 tai4 on3 sam2 caa4 wai2 jyun4 wui6*2 = NPC Motions Examination Committee

全國人民代表大會秘書處 cyun4 gwok3 jan4 man4 doi6 biu2 daai6 wui6*2 bei3 syu1 cyu3 = NPC Secretariat

聯合國人口委員會 lyun4 hap6 gwok3 jan4 hau2 wai2 jyun4 wui6*2 = Population Commission of the United Nations

聯合國人口活動基金 lyun4 hap6 gwok3 jan4 hau2 wut6 dung6 gei1 gam1 = United Nations Fund for Population Activities

聯合國人權委員會 lyun4 hap6 gwok3 jan4 kyun4 wai2 jyun4 wui6*2 = United Nations Commission on Human Rights

議員個人利益監察委員會 ji5 jyun4 go3 jan4 lei6 jik1 gaam1 caat3 wai2 jyun4 wui6*2 = Committee on Members' Interests (common formation)

迪士尼卡通人物 dik6 si6 nei4 kaa1 tung1 jan4 mat6*2 = Disney characters (common formation)

台灣第一夫人 toi4 waan1 dai6 jat1 fu1 jan4 tai2 wan1 di4 yi1 fu1 ren2 = Taiwan's First Lady

全國人大常委 cyun4 gwok3 jan4 daai6 soeng4 wai2 = National People's Congress Standing Committee member

祖鲁人沙卡 zou2 lou5 jan4 saa1 kaa1 = Shaka Zulu

地球超人 dei6 kau4 ciu1 jan4 di4 qiu2 chao1 ren2 = Captain Planet

科學美國人 fo1 hok6 mei5 gwok3 jan4 ke1 xue2 mei3 guo2 ren2 = Scientific American

中國人民政治協商會議 zung1 gwok3 jan4 man4 zing3 zi6 hip3 soeng1 wui6 ji5 zhong1 guo2 ren2 min2 zheng4 zhi4 xie2 shang1 hui4 yi4 = Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference

中華人民共和國國務院 zung1 waa4 jan4 man4 gung6 wo4 gwok3 gwok3 mou6 jyun6*2 zhong1 hua2 ren2 min2 gong4 he2 guo2 guo2 wu4 yuan4 = State Council of the People's Republic of China

朝鮮民主主義人民共和國國防委員會 ziu1 sin1 man4 zyu2 zyu2 ji6 jan4 man4 gung6 wo4 gwok3 gwok3 fong4 wai2 jyun4 wui6*2 chao2 xian3 min2 zhu3 zhu3 yi4 ren2 min2 gong4 he2 guo2 guo2 fang2 wei3 yuan2 hui4 (PRC) = DPRK National Defense Commission

繆騫人 mau4 hin1 jan4 mou2 qian1 ren2 = Cora Miao

科學怪人 fo1 hok6 gwaai3 jan4 ke1 xue2 guai4 ren2 = Frankenstein

黑人牙膏 hak1 jan4 ngaa4 gou1 = Darlie Toothpaste (lit., "black man's toothpaste")

中國人民解放軍海軍 zung1 gwok3 jan4 man4 gaai2 fong3 gwan1 hoi2 gwan1 zhong1 guo2 ren2 min2 jie3 fang4 jun1 hai3 jun1 = Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) (common formation)

全國人大 cyun4 gwok3 jan4 daai6 quan2 guo2 ren2 da4 = National People's Congress (NPC) (abbrev.) (common formation)

巨人傳 geoi6 jan4 zyun6 = Gargantua and Pantagruel (lit., "the giants' biography")

白眉道人 baak6 mei4 dou6 jan4 bai2 mei2 dao4 ren2 = the taoist monk pak mei ; bai mei ; white eyebrows

Showing all 124 examples containing 人

我個中文老師好好人㗎粵
My Chinese teacher is a very nice person.

他是否本地人？國
Is he a local?

佢係咪本地人嚟㗎？粵
Is he/she a local?

他是不是中國人？國
Is he Chinese?
[Canto: 佢係唔係中國人？]

一隊足球隊有十一個人。
A football team consists of eleven members.

原來你哥哥係差人粵
Your brother was a policeman all along!
[Lit. all along you brother is policeman]

有個人喺棵樹後面匿埋粵
There's someone hiding behind the tree.
[Lit. have [counter] person at [counter] tree behind-face hide]

你哋真係呃唔到人粵
You're no good at fooling people.
[Lit. you-[plural marker] really trick-not-arrive people]

佢係唔係中國人？粵
Is he Chinese?
[Lit. He is-not-is Chinese? Std. Chinese: 他是不是中國人？]

世界上有很多人。國
There are many people in the world.

有男人有一匹白色馬
There was once a man with a white horse.

行開啦,煩人! 粵
Beat it, you're troublesome!

若果落雪，我會砌個雪人! 粵
If it snows I will make a snowman!

如果下雪的話，我要堆雪人！國
If it snows I will make a snowman!

我們今年的聖誕樹要買真的還是人造的？國
Shall we get a real Christmas tree or an artificial one?

你信唔信有聖誕老人呀? 粵
Do you believe in Father Christmas?

若果你唔乖﹐聖誕老人就唔送禮物畀你粵
If you aren't a good boy, Santa won't bring you any presents.

聖誕節最啱一家人團聚粵
Christmas is a time for family.

佢奉旨唔呃人㗎！粵
He definitely never lies!
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,134219,134225#msg-134225]

汽車鏟上行人路粵
The vehicle mounted the pavement.

中國人係揸筷子食飯嘅。粵
Chinese people are [people who] use chopsticks to have their meals.
["揸" here is actually "to hold"]

一個人喺屋企好悶。粵
Staying at home alone is so boring.

中國人嘅姓係放喺前面嘅。粵
Chinese put their surnames to the front.

佢次次都同我講大話…佢真係正衰人粵
She tells lie to me every time... she's a really horrible person.

佢係個殺人狂嚟㗎粵
He's a homicidal maniac!

係咪想賣保險嗰啲人呀？粵
Is it those people who want to sell insurance?

前日有人搶佢件衫粵
The day before yesterday, someone stole his shirt.
[Lit. day-before-yesterday, have person steal he [counter] shirt.]

我琴晚睇咗一套感人嘅戲粵
I saw a moving film yesterday evening.
[Lit. I yesterday evening see-already one [counter] moving [possessive particle] film.]

個差人喺車尾廂搵到個屍體粵
The policeman found the body in the car's trunk.
[Lit. [counter] policeman at car-trunk find-arrive [counter] dead-body In this example, 喺車尾廂 cannot go at the end of the sentence. (Why?)]

如果有個人讚你嘅話，你要謙虛啲！粵
If someone praises you, you need to be more humble!

有個人喺九龍花園搵到個化石粵
Someone found a fossil in Kowloon Park.

點解佢哋會畀人拉呀？粵
Why would they be arrested?
[Lit. why they would by-person arrest [particle]]

你要做個有用嘅人粵
Make yourself a useful person.
[Lit. you need do [counter] useful [possessive particle] person]

佢畀唔起人工粵
He can't pay the wages

乜呢間酒店咁噏耷㗎? 點會有人幫襯呀? 粵
Why's this hotel such a mess? How will anyone want to come here?
[Lit. what this [counter] hotel so shabby [particle]? How would have person would frequent [particle]]

你覺得佢份人點呀? 粵
What kind of person would you say she is?

你可以留低﹐亦可以走人﹐對我嚟講都冇所謂。粵
You can stay or go, it's all the same to me.
[Sometimes we need more Cantonese syllables to express the simple English word "or". It's 亦可以 in this sentence. ]

呢個旅遊團以香港人為主。粵
This tourist group consists mainly of Hongkong people.
[以...為主 = take ... as the main thing]

我不敢隨便填寫我的個人資料。國
I do not dare carelessly fill out [on a form] my personal information.

我唔敢隨便填我啲個人資料。粵
I do not dare carelessly fill out [on a form] my personal information.

落完雪之後，我哋大家出去砌雪人。粵
After the snow stopped falling, we all went out to build a snowman.

不要嘲笑別人的錯誤或不幸。國
Do not jeer at the mistakes or misfortunes of others.

我畀人搵老襯。粵
Someone tricked me.

你小心畀人搵笨。粵
Be careful not to be tricked by anyone.

搶救病人
give emergency treatment to a patient

中華人民共和國萬歲，萬萬歲！
Long live the People's Republic of China!

對於他這種地位的人來說, 這樣的行為是不莊重的。國
Such conduct is undignified for a person of his position.

年卅呀晚呢度人山人海直情水泄不通粵
On the 30th night, this place will be completely filled with people, impossible to move.

嘩！潮人啊！粵
Wow! What a fashionable guy!

唔好笑得咁大聲啦！畀人歧視喇！
Don't laugh so loudly! We are being discriminated!

我嘅職業唔係一般人可以接受粵
My occupation is not one that normal people can accept.

喺馬來西亞，未滿17歲嘅人唔准揸車。粵
In Malaysia, those who have not reached the age of 17 cannot (legally) drive.

你一個人能應付過來嗎? 國
Can you manage on your own?

囉條繩緙住唔畀人入去粵
Encircle it with ropes to bar people from entry.

你有冇翻譯(人)呀? 粵
Do you have an interpreter?

工人嚟齊咁滯粵
Nearly all the workers have come.

冇人嚟乜滯粵
Almost no one has come.

園主又打發了另一個僕人去，他們也把那人打了，並加以侮辱，放他空手回去。國
And again he (the lord of the vinyard) sent another servant. But they beat him also. They humiliated him, sent him away empty handed. (Luke 20:11)

呢篇文講緊一個啱啱死嘅人。粵
This article is about a recently deceased person.
[(Wikipedia)]

亞蓮隔籬周不時都打通宵麻雀，令到佢同屋企人受滋擾。粵
Ah Lin's neighbours often play mahjong right through the night thereby disturbing her and her family.
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,137957,137958#msg-137958]

捉棋嘅時候最憎人係度依牙鬆槓粵
It irritates me when people around me are giving all sorts of comments while I am playing chess.

快啲畀電話人啦，費時佢牽腸掛肚噃粵
Give her a call. Don't make her worry.

老細畀啲工人激到佢七竅生煙粵
Boss got really pissed off by the workers.

被你這樣咄咄逼人地追問，他就更慌了！國
With your forceful interrogation, he became even more nervous.

人一世物一世,出嚟旅行乜都應該試下粵
Live the moment and enjoy life, when travelling, one should try out and experience everything.

人哋重係黃花閨女㗎！粵
She's still an untouched virgin girl!
[The audio has 閨 mispronounced as gwai3 (instead of gwai1).]

香港同新加坡人都見慣高樓大厦粵
People of Hong Kong and Singapore are used to seeing high rise buildings.

聽人講手指甲凹凹凸凸係表示健康有問題粵
I hear that uneven finger nails means that there are some health issues.

瓦礫責死咗兩個人粵
The debris crushed and killed two persons.

老師帶我哋去參觀二次大戰博物館同軍人塚。粵
The teacher brought us to the museum and memorial tombs of World War II.

一做錯少少嘢就俾佢插, 唔乞人憎就奇! 粵
He chews you out for every small mistake you make, it's no wonder he's so unpopular!

消防員救出被困電梯內嘅三人。粵
Fire fighters rescued three people trapped inside a lift.

你似乎過份啲噃，喺咁多人面前噉奚落佢粵
You have gone too far, to ridicule her in front of so many people.

你真係冇用，畀人哋一剒你就乜都爆晒出嚟粵
You are useless. You revealed everything when they pressured you to do so.

女仔小心啲唔好輕信男人講嘢就OK嘞粵
Girls will be all right as long as they are careful and don't believe in what the guys say.

有啲人嘅審美觀念好差㗎粵
Some people do have a very bad sense of aesthetics.

若要人不知除非己莫為
[1] The best way to hide a misdeed is not to commit it. [2] What is done by night appears by day.

豈但年青人愛好運動，就連上了年紀的人也積極鍛煉身體。
Not only are the young keen in sports, even the elderly are enthusiastic about physical training.

佢呢招真係令人猝不及防！
I was caught off-guard by this sudden move of his.

乜你咁大個人重戽被㗎粵
You are so old now yet you still kick your blanket when you sleep!

人家點樣講,你就點樣做。粵
Just do as you are told.

而家冇人聽佢支笛㗎喇粵
No one takes instructions from him anymore.

人哋啱啱學廣東話，發音唔準，你就唔好嘥人啦。粵
Her pronunciation is a bit off as she has started learning Cantonese not long ago. You shouldn't tease her.
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?1,135838,135838#msg-135838]

阿媽鬧人中氣十足。粵
Mum can scold people very loudly

受人二分四畀人使穿鼻！粵
Slog like slave for the paymaster after having received a miserable remuneration.

我不是一個侃談的人國
I am not someone who will speak boldly.

捩轉身就唔見咗人粵
He disappeared as soon as I turned around.

考古學係一門研究人類文化同歷史嘅學科粵
Archeology is a science that studies human cultures and history

我眼尾見到有人喺門口行過粵
I saw someone walked passed the door out from the corner of my eyes

等埋人齊先開飯粵
Wait till everyone has arrived and then start the meal

佢份人好善忘架。粵
(S)He is very forgetful.
[Although 份人 may be omitted, it can emphasize the sentence is talking about "personality". ]

唔好偷𥊙人哋沖涼，如果唔係會生眼挑針！粵 ?!
Don't spy on people when they are showering, otherwise you'll get a stye!
[There is an old wives' tale linking styes to spying on people when they are bathing.]

如果阿明真係一個識飛嘅超人就好喇⋯⋯噉佢就唔會喺條街度踩咗啲米田共返嚟屋企，重要印到成條走廊嘅地板都係！抹死人咩⋯⋯ 粵
It'd be nice if Ah Ming were a superhero that knew how to fly … Then he wouldn't have brought home the poop that he stepped on in the street and printed it all over the floorboards in the hallway! Cleaning it up will be the death of me …

細佬，冇人鐘意喺公眾地方著衫嘅，但係呢啲係法律呀粵
Kid, no-one likes to wear clothes in public, but it's the law!
[Lit. child, have-no people like in public place wear-clothes [particle], however these are law [particle]]

我想等陣去銀行幫人哋入票粵
I want to go to the bank in a moment to cash a cheque.

佢頭先話畀我聽佢想等陣去銀行幫人哋入票粵
He told me he wanted to go to the bank soon to cash a cheque for someone.
[頭先 implies 10 or 20 minutes ago; contrast with 啱啱 which implies a few seconds ago.]

我等陣想去銀行幫人哋入票粵
I'll want to go to the bank to cash a cheque for someone soon.
[Shouldn't be parsed as 我等陣(我哋) but as 我等陣]

我哋開始懷疑佢有可能係我哋搵緊嗰個殺人狂粵
We're starting to suspect that he's probably the homicidal maniac we're looking for.

科學家係用科學方法做研究嘅人粵
A scientist is someone who does research using scientific methods.

佢不可一世，佢份人真係好大鼻粵
He thinks he's the best in the world... he's really arrogant.
[second half: he personality really arrogant.]

真係令人好懷念，一個世紀之後你又返嚟啦粵
We've really missed you while you've been gone the last 100 years.
[Lit. really make-people very miss-you, one century afterwards again return come [particle] This is being said to someone who's lived several hundred years (specifically Greed from Full Metal Alchemist).]

似乎我幫唔到你，都係交個波畀人罷啦。粵
Seems there's nothing I can do to help you so I'm just gonna have to pass the buck on to someone else.
[Further discussion: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?7,84284,111096#msg-111096]

聽講話近排有隻獵豹喺呢頭殺咗三個人粵
I heard there's a cheetah who killed three people recently.
[Lit. hear-say-speech recently have [counter] cheetah at this area kill-[particle indicating completeness] three people See this thread for discussion on grammar: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,111098,111192#msg-111192]

可唔可以解釋一下點解妳會無端端被人拉呢？粵
Can you explain why you were arrested for no reason?
[Lit. Can-cannot explain a-little-bit why you would-be for-no-reason by people arrest [particle]?]

打擊罪行人人有責
We all have a part to play in combatting crime.

我手機嘅聯繫人列表中有超過200個名。粵
The contact list in my mobile phone has more than two hundred entries.

環衛工人
sanitation worker

聽佢講經濟﹐係人都會瞓着。粵
Listening to him talk about economics would put anyone to sleep.

人質囚禁咗二十日後獲釋。粵
The hostages have been set free after 20 days in captivity.
[Aspect marker 咗 is used to indicate passive voice.]

佢一句話﹐引到成屋人都笑起嚟。粵
His remark set everyone in the house roaring with laughter.
[起嚟 is a verb complement which means 'starting to ...'.]

佢笑起上嚟會殺死人。粵
She has a killer smile.

做緊健身操嗰個人係我細佬。粵
The guy doing the keep-fit exercise is my brother.
[In the Canto version, the noun 'guy' is placed after the verbal phrase which modifies the noun. In the English version, the noun is placed before the phrase.]

呢隻藥醫得翻好個病人。粵
This medicine is able to cure the patient.
[The verb 醫 is followed by three particles: 得, 翻, 好. 得 is potential particle; 翻 is resumptive marker; 好 is resultative particle. ]

佢噏得就噏, 周時畀人抽後腳粵
He talks so much that people often use his own words to contradict him.

個老婆大人矋住佢，佢又點敢出聲吖粵
How would he be so daring as to utter a word, under the staring eyes of his wife.

佢份人零舍柯箇粵
He behaves in a particularly affected way.

年卅晚同家人喺度𨅝檯腳, 點知得咁啱男朋友又預訂咗情人節喺呢度食燭光晚餐。粵
I had my reunion dinner with my family here on Chinese New Year's Eve. Little did I know that my boyfriend made a reservation to have our candlelight dinner in this same place on Valentine's day.

一個人喺異鄉無根無蔃，咩都要靠自己，真唔容易粵
To be alone in a foreign place without the support from family or society, one has to be very independent; and that can be very trying.

近來傳出啲流言蜚語，話老闆畀人捉黃腳雞粵
Recently there has been all these slanderous tales about the boss being blackmailed for having some extra-marital affair.

阿妹的歌首首都膾炙人口國
A-mei's songs are all widely known.

波拉特係個哈薩克斯坦人；佢唔係美國人呀粵
Borat is from Kazakhstan; he is not an American.

呢個人罄竹難書，請佢食蓮子羹平宜咗佢粵
This man was responsible for many countless wrong doings. We let him off easy by putting a bullet in him.

大家都知道亞雄吹水功夫一流，佢可以將一件簡單嘅事講到天花龍鳳嚟吸引人。粵
Everyone knows Ah Hung is really good at talking. He can capture his audience by making a simple matter so sophisticated.

人生最困擾之事莫過於喪失了人生目標。
The biggest perplexity in life is losing the goal of life.

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