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人
Human / Person Not to be confused with 入 (rù)
- 人类 (rén lèi) Mankind Literal. Human type
- 人间 (rén jiān) Mortal world Literal. Human space (between Heaven and Hell)
- 人权 (rén quán) Human rights
- 人生 (rén shēng) Way of life Literal. Human life
- 人质 (rén zhì) Hostage
- 人选 (rén xuán) Candidate Literal. Person chose
Compound characters with 亻 Human Radical are usually associated with people or human activity
- 你 (nǐ) You
- 他 (tā) Him
- 们 (men) Them/Plural marker
- 伴 (bàn) Partner / Significant other Symbolic. Human half
- 仙 (xiān) Diety Symbolic. Human in the mountains
- 佛 (fó) Buddha Symbolic. Human not
- 做 (zuò) Make
- 作 (zuò) Create
- 传 (chuán · zhuàn)
- 住 (zhù) Reside
- 停 (tíng) Stop
- 修 (xiū) Repair
- 借 (jiè) Borrow
- 偷 (tōu) Steal
- 偶 (ǒu) Idol / By chance
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Noun + 人 (rén) describes the identity of a person
Basics:
- 男人 (nán rén) Man Literal. Male person
- 女人 (nǚ rén) Woman Literal. Female person
- 家人 (jiā rén) Family Literal. Home person(s)
- 亲人 (qīn rén) Relative(s) Literal. Close/Related person(s)
- 熟人 (shú rén) Acquaintance Literal. Familiar person(s)
- 某人 (mǒu rén) Somebody Literal. A certain person – often used to describe an unrelated somebody or emphasize on somebody in particular without a name reference
Country & Ethnicity:
- 中国人 (zhōng guó rén) Chinese nationality Literal. China person – known to the West as "Middle Kingdom people". Note that 中国 is short for People's Republic of China (中华人民共和国) and the keyword for ethnic Chinese is 华
- 华人 (huá rén) Chinese person – refers to all ethnic Chinese
- 广东人 (guǎng dōng rén) Cantonese person
- 福建人 (fú jiàn rén) Fujian or Hokkien person
- 新加坡人 (xīn jiā pō rén) Singapore nationality Literal. Singapore person
- 新加坡华人 (xīn jiā pō huá rén) Chinese Singaporean Literal. Singapore Chinese person
- 英国人 (yīng guó rén) England nationality Literal. English country person
- 爱尔兰人 (ài ěr lán rén) Irish nationality Literal. Irish person
- 苏格兰人 (sú gé lán rén) Scottish nationality Literal. Scottish person
- 美国人 (měi guó rén) America nationality Literal. American country person
What a person does:
- 诗人 (shī rén) Poet Literal. Poetry person
- 艺人 (yì rén) Artiste Literal. Performing arts person
- 浪人 (làng rén) Wanderer Literal. Person drifting like the waves
- 商人 (shāng rén) Businessman
- 音乐人 (yīn yuè rén) Musician
- 制作人 (zhì zuò rén) Producer
Adjective + 人 (rén) describes how people (mankind in general) feel about something/someone/somewhere
- 迷人 (mí rén) Enchanting Literal. Enchanted people
- 感人 (gǎn rén) Touching Literal. Touched people
- 惊人 (jīng rén) Astonishing Literal. Shocked people
- 伤人 (shāng rén) Hurtful Literal. Hurt people