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

Level: 1

Radical: 亻 (#9)

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

人

Don't confuse with:
入八儿

This word has been viewed 49004 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 24th Jun 2012 03:44

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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
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Showing 10 of 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.

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Decimal representation of this word: 人
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