人

• 拼音: rén
• 汉字拆解: 人 = pictograph of a standing person seen from the side

含义

Person; people; human being. The most basic word for a person.

One of the most fundamental characters in Chinese. Used to refer to any human being, either individually or collectively. Appears in countless compounds such as 人们 (people), 工人 (worker), 大人 (adult), 中国人 (Chinese person). Also serves as a radical in many other characters.

例句

1. 这里有很多人。
2. 他是一个好人。
3. 那个人是谁？

用法指南

语境: general, everyday

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 这个人很好。(This person is very nice.)
• 你是哪国人？(What country are you from?)

错误说法

• 两个人们。(Don't combine a number with 人们 — say 两个人 for 'two people' or 人们 for 'people' in general)

起源与历史

One of the oldest Chinese characters — a simple pictograph of a person standing in profile, with two legs visible.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal