| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 人 | 人 | rén | - man - person - people - CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] |
| 员 | 員 | yuán | - person - employee - member |
| 人士 | 人士 | rénshì | - person - figure - public figure |
| 人物 | 人物 | rénwù | - person - character (in a play, novel etc) - protagonist - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 人身 | 人身 | rénshēn | - person - personal - human body |
| 东西 | 東西 | dōngxi | - thing - stuff - person - CL:個|个[ge4],件[jian4] |
| 杰 | 傑 | jié | - hero - heroic - outstanding person - prominent - distinguished |
| 匹 | 匹 | pǐ | - classifier for horses, mules etc - Taiwan pr. [pi1] - ordinary person - classifier for cloth: bolt - horsepower |
| 吊 | 吊 | diào | - to suspend - to hang up - to hang a person |
| 尸 | 尸 | shī | - person representing the dead (during burial ceremonies) - to put a corpse on display (after execution) - variant of 屍|尸[shi1] - corpse |
| 手 | 手 | shǒu | - hand - (formal) to hold - person engaged in certain types of work - person skilled in certain types of work - personal(ly) - convenient - classifier for skill - CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1] |
| 玊 | 玊 | sù | - jade with a blemish - person who cuts and polishes jade |
| 票 | 票 | piào | - ticket - ballot - bank note - CL:張|张[zhang1] - person held for ransom - amateur performance of Chinese opera - classifier for groups, batches, business transactions |
| 虫 | 蟲 | chóng | - lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures - CL:條|条[tiao2],隻|只[zhi1] - person with a particular undesirable characteristic |
| 亲 | 親 | qīn | - parent - one's own (flesh and blood) - relative - related - marriage - bride - close - intimate - in person - first-hand - in favor of - pro- - to kiss |
| 贤 | 賢 | xián | - worthy or virtuous person - honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation |
| 郃 | 郃 | hé | - name of a person |
| 雄 | 雄 | xióng | - male - staminate - grand - imposing - powerful - mighty - person or state having great power and influence |
| 一身 | 一身 | yīshēn | - whole body - from head to toe - single person - a suit of clothes |
| 上位 | 上位 | shàngwèi | - top seat - person occupying leading position |
| 主管 | 主管 | zhǔguǎn | - in charge - responsible for - person in charge - manager |
| 人人 | 人人 | rénrén | - everyone - every person |
| 人杰 | 人傑 | rénjié | - outstanding talent - wise and able person - illustrious individual |
| 人才 | 人才 | réncái | - talent - talented person - looks - attractive looks |
| 人氏 | 人氏 | rénshì | - native - person from a particular place |
| 人称 | 人稱 | rénchēng | - person (first person, second person etc in grammar) - called - known as |
| 人选 | 人選 | rénxuǎn | - choice of person - candidate |
| 侉子 | 侉子 | kuǎzi | - person speaking with a foreign accent |
| 侏儒 | 侏儒 | zhūrú | - dwarf - pygmy - small person - midget |
| 保人 | 保人 | bǎorén | - guarantor - person paying bail |
| 侠客 | 俠客 | xiákè | - chivalrous person - knight-errant |
| 伟人 | 偉人 | wěirén | - great person |
| 传唱 | 傳唱 | chuánchàng | - (of a song) to pass from person to person |
| 伤员 | 傷員 | shāngyuán | - wounded person |
| 伤者 | 傷者 | shāngzhě | - casualty - victim (of an accident) - wounded person |
| 先觉 | 先覺 | xiānjué | - person with foresight |
| 光棍 | 光棍 | guānggùn | - gangster - hoodlum - a single person - bachelor |
| 凡人 | 凡人 | fánrén | - ordinary person - mortal - earthling |
| 凡夫 | 凡夫 | fánfū | - common person - ordinary guy - mortal man |
| 别人 | 別人 | biéren | - other people - others - other person |
| 勇士 | 勇士 | yǒngshì | - a warrior - a brave person |
| 势要 | 勢要 | shìyào | - influential figure - powerful person |
| 匹夫 | 匹夫 | pǐfū | - ordinary man - ignorant person - coarse fellow |
| 可人 | 可人 | kěrén | - pleasant - agreeable - a person after one's heart (charming person) - a gifted person |
| 可儿 | 可兒 | kěér | - a person after one's heart (charming person) - capable person |
| 同业 | 同業 | tóngyè | - same trade or business - person in the same trade or business |
| 同行 | 同行 | tóngháng | - person of the same profession - of the same trade, occupation or industry |
| 同乡 | 同鄉 | tóngxiāng | - person from the same village, town, or province |
| 君子 | 君子 | jūnzǐ | - nobleman - person of noble character |
| 哑子 | 啞子 | yǎzi | - mute person - dumb person - (more commonly called 啞巴|哑巴[ya3 ba5]) |
| 哑巴 | 啞巴 | yǎba | - mute - muted - a dumb person - to be dumb |
| 善人 | 善人 | shànrén | - philanthropist - charitable person - well-doer |
| 单人 | 單人 | dānrén | - single person |
| 囊揣 | 囊揣 | nāngchuài | - soft, fat meat of pig's belly - sow's sagging teats - weakling - flabby person - also written 囊膪 |
| 囊膪 | 囊膪 | nāngchuài | - soft, fat meat of pig's belly - sow's sagging teats - weakling - flabby person - also written 囊揣 |
| 墓主 | 墓主 | mùzhǔ | - occupant of tomb - person buried |
| 墨客 | 墨客 | mòkè | - literary person |
| 墨迹 | 墨跡 | mòjì | - ink marks - original calligraphy or painting of famous person |
| 坏人 | 壞人 | huàirén | - bad person - villain |
| 坏鸟 | 壞鳥 | huàiniǎo | - sinister person - unsavory character - broken (not in working order) |
| 夜叉 | 夜叉 | yèchā | - yaksha (malevolent spirit) (loanword) - (fig.) ferocious-looking person |
| 大款 | 大款 | dàkuǎn | - very wealthy person |
| 大汉 | 大漢 | dàhàn | - big person - the great Han dynasty |
| 大牌 | 大牌 | dàpái | - strong card - honor card (card games) - very popular or successful person - self-important |
| 大王 | 大王 | dàwáng | - king - magnate - person having expert skill in something |
| 奇人 | 奇人 | qírén | - an eccentric - odd person - extraordinary talent |
| 奇士 | 奇士 | qíshì | - odd person - an eccentric |
| 奸细 | 奸細 | jiānxi | - a spy - a crafty person |
| 好汉 | 好漢 | hǎohàn | - hero - strong and courageous person - CL:條|条[tiao2] |
| 好鸟 | 好鳥 | hǎoniǎo | - person of good character - nice person - bird with a melodious voice or beautiful plumage |
| 妄人 | 妄人 | wàngrén | - presumptuous and ignorant person |
| 妙手 | 妙手 | miàoshǒu | - miraculous hands of a healer - highly skilled person - brilliant move in chess or weiqi (go) 圍棋|围棋 |
| 奸雄 | 姦雄 | jiānxióng | - person who seeks advancement by any means - career climber - unscrupulous careerist |
| 学人 | 學人 | xuérén | - scholar - learned person |
| 学士 | 學士 | xuéshì | - bachelor's degree - person holding a university degree |
| 学海 | 學海 | xuéhǎi | - sea of learning - erudite - knowledgeable person - scholarship |
| 完人 | 完人 | wánrén | - perfect person |
| 宗匠 | 宗匠 | zōngjiàng | - person with remarkable academic or artistic attainments - master craftsman - highly esteemed person |
| 富翁 | 富翁 | fùwēng | - rich person - millionaire - billionaire |
| 富豪 | 富豪 | fùháo | - rich and powerful person |
| 写手 | 寫手 | xiěshǒu | - person who writes articles - newspapers, magazines, blogs (informal) - scribe - copyist - a talented writer of articles or of calligraphy |
| 专人 | 專人 | zhuānrén | - specialist - person appointed for specific task |
| 小人 | 小人 | xiǎorén | - person of low social status (old) - I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself) - nasty person - vile character |
| 小可 | 小可 | xiǎokě | - small - unimportant - (polite) my humble person |
| 尤物 | 尤物 | yóuwù | - rarity - rare object - rare person - extraordinarily beautiful woman |
| 崖岸 | 崖岸 | yáàn | - cliff - steep slope - fig. arrogant and difficult person |
| 常人 | 常人 | chángrén | - ordinary person |
| 平人 | 平人 | píngrén | - ordinary person - common people |
| 干将 | 幹將 | gànjiàng | - capable person |
| 几谏 | 幾諫 | jījiàn | - to admonish (a senior person) - a euphemism politely criticizing an older person |
| 庸人 | 庸人 | yōngrén | - mediocre person |
| 庸碌 | 庸碌 | yōnglù | - mediocre - mediocre person |
| 废人 | 廢人 | fèirén | - handicapped person - useless person |
| 废物 | 廢物 | fèiwù | - rubbish - waste material - useless person |
| 怪人 | 怪人 | guàirén | - strange person - eccentric |
| 怪物 | 怪物 | guàiwu | - monster - freak - eccentric person |
| 怯子 | 怯子 | qièzi | - person with country accent - rustic - country bumpkin |
| 恐龙 | 恐龍 | kǒnglóng | - dinosaur - CL:頭|头[tou2] - (slang) ugly person |
| 情痴 | 情癡 | qíngchī | - infatuated - lovesick person |
| 情种 | 情種 | qíngzhǒng | - affectionate - an affectionate person |
| 恶人 | 惡人 | èrén | - evil person - vile creature - ugly man |
| 愚人 | 愚人 | yúrén | - stupid person - ignoramus |
| 愚氓 | 愚氓 | yúméng | - fool - stupid person |
| 惫懒 | 憊懶 | bèilǎn | - naughty - mischievous person |
| 懒人 | 懶人 | lǎnrén | - lazy person |
| 把式 | 把式 | bǎshì | - person skilled in a trade - skill |
| 拐子 | 拐子 | guǎizi | - crutch - (derog.) lame person - kidnapper |
| 挟带 | 挾帶 | xiédài | - to carry along - to carry on one's person - to carry secretly |
| 排客 | 排客 | páikè | - paid queuer - person paid to stand in line for another |
| 接人 | 接人 | jiērén | - to meet a person |
| 新人 | 新人 | xīnrén | - new age person - new type of person - newly-wed, esp. new bride - bride and groom |
| 方家 | 方家 | fāngjiā | - learned person - expert in a certain field - abbr. for 大方之家[da4 fang1 zhi1 jia1] |
| 日人 | 日人 | Rìrén | - Japanese person - the Japanese |
| 智者 | 智者 | zhìzhě | - sage - wise man - clever and knowledgeable person |
| 晒客 | 曬客 | shàikè | - person who shares their experiences and thoughts with others on the Internet |
| 书库 | 書庫 | shūkù | - a store room for books - fig. an erudite person - the Bibliotheca and Epitome of pseudo-Apollodorus |
| 末席 | 末席 | mòxí | - end seat - place for less senior person |
| 本人 | 本人 | běnrén | - the person himself - I (humble form used in speeches) - oneself - myself - in person - personal |
| 某人 | 某人 | mǒurén | - someone - a certain person - some people - I (self-address after one's surname) |
| 梁木 | 梁木 | liángmù | - beam - rafter - lintel - person able to bear heavy responsibility - mainstay (of organization) - pillar (of state) |
| 枭雄 | 梟雄 | xiāoxióng | - ambitious and ruthless character - formidable person |
| 栋梁 | 棟梁 | dòngliáng | - ridgepole - ridgepole and beams - person able to bear heavy responsibility - mainstay (of organization) - pillar (of state) |
| 业者 | 業者 | yèzhě | - dealer - trader - person engaged in some industry or trade |
| 极品 | 極品 | jípǐn | - best quality - item of the highest quality - (slang) outrageous - annoying in the extreme - gross - person with these qualities |
| 歹人 | 歹人 | dǎirén | - bad person - evildoer - robber |
| 死人 | 死人 | sǐrén | - dead person |
| 残暴 | 殘暴 | cánbào | - bloody and cruel - a brutal person - to massacre - an atrocity |
| 每人 | 每人 | měirén | - each person - everybody - per person |
| 水仙 | 水仙 | shuǐxiān | - narcissus - daffodil - legendary aquatic immortal - refers to those buried at sea - person who wanders abroad and does not return |
| 油条 | 油條 | yóutiáo | - youtiao (deep-fried breadstick) - CL:根[gen1] - slick and sly person |
| 法人 | 法人 | fǎrén | - legal person - corporation - see also 自然人[zi4 ran2 ren2] |
| 活人 | 活人 | huórén | - living person |
| 活宝 | 活寶 | huóbǎo | - buffoon - clown - ridiculous person |
| 活摘 | 活摘 | huózhāi | - to harvest (an organ) from a living person |
| 浪人 | 浪人 | làngrén | - vagrant - unemployed person - rōnin (wandering masterless samurai) |
| 混子 | 混子 | hùnzi | - hoodlum - person unfit for society |
| 清人 | 清人 | Qīngrén | - Qing dynasty person |
| 浊流 | 濁流 | zhuóliú | - turbid flow - muddy waters - fig. a contemptible person - fig. corrupt or disgraceful social trends |
| 熊包 | 熊包 | xióngbāo | - worthless person - good-for-nothing |
| 熟手 | 熟手 | shúshǒu | - skilled person - an experienced hand |
| 爪儿 | 爪兒 | zhuǎr | - paws (of small animal) - same as 爪子 - legs of furniture or apparatus - stupid person |
| 物事 | 物事 | wùshì | - affair - matter - thing - business - articles - goods - materials - thing - stuff - person (derog.) |
| 特勤 | 特勤 | tèqín | - special duty (e.g. extra security or traffic control on special occasions) - person on special duty |
| 狐狸 | 狐狸 | húli | - fox - fig. sly and treacherous person |
| 玉人 | 玉人 | yùrén | - a jade worker - a jade statuette - a beautiful person - (term of endearment) |
| 珠玉 | 珠玉 | zhūyù | - pearls and jades - jewels - clever remark - beautiful writing - gems of wisdom - genius - outstanding person |
| 生人 | 生人 | shēngrén | - stranger - living person - to give birth - to be born (in a certain time or place) |
| 异人 | 異人 | yìrén | - eccentric - unusual person - talented individual |
| 畸零 | 畸零 | jīlíng | - fractional part of a real number - odd fractional remnant - lone person - solitary |
| 病人 | 病人 | bìngrén | - sick person - patient - invalid - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 病员 | 病員 | bìngyuán | - sick personnel - person on the sick list - patient |
| 病者 | 病者 | bìngzhě | - patient - sick person |
| 病号 | 病號 | bìnghào | - sick personnel - person on the sick list - patient |
| 瘦子 | 瘦子 | shòuzi | - thin person |
| 瘸腿 | 瘸腿 | quétuǐ | - crippled - lame - a cripple - a lame person |
| 瘫子 | 癱子 | tānzi | - paralyzed person |
| 白领 | 白領 | báilǐng | - white collar - business person |
| 皓首 | 皓首 | hàoshǒu | - white head of hair - fig. old person |
| 盲人 | 盲人 | mángrén | - blind person |
| 相见 | 相見 | xiāngjiàn | - to see each other - to meet in person |
| 真人 | 真人 | zhēnrén | - actual person - in the flesh - Daoist spiritual master |
| 瞎子 | 瞎子 | xiāzi | - blind person |
| 矮子 | 矮子 | ǎizi | - short person - dwarf |
| 硕士 | 碩士 | shuòshì | - master's degree - learned person |
| 神仙 | 神仙 | shénxiān | - Daoist immortal - supernatural entity - (in modern fiction) fairy, elf, leprechaun etc - fig. lighthearted person |
| 祭酒 | 祭酒 | jìjiǔ | - to offer a libation - person who performs the libation before a banquet - senior member of a profession - important government post in imperial China |
| 祸害 | 禍害 | huòhài | - disaster - harm - scourge - bad person - to damage - to harm - to wreck |
| 秃子 | 禿子 | tūzi | - bald-headed person - baldy |
| 租户 | 租戶 | zūhù | - tenant - person who leases |
| 窝主 | 窩主 | wōzhǔ | - person who harbors criminals - receiver (of stolen goods) |
| 笨人 | 笨人 | bènrén | - fool - stupid person |
| 绮罗 | 綺羅 | qǐluó | - beautiful silk fabrics - person in beautiful silk dress |
| 总务 | 總務 | zǒngwù | - general matters - division of general affairs - person in overall charge |
| 义士 | 義士 | yìshì | - high-minded and righteous person - patriot - loyalist |
| 翘楚 | 翹楚 | qiáochǔ | - person of outstanding talent |
| 老手 | 老手 | lǎoshǒu | - experienced person - an old hand at sth |
| 老粗 | 老粗 | lǎocū | - uneducated person - yokel - boor - roughneck |
| 老美 | 老美 | LǎoMěi | - (coll.) an American - person from the United States |
| 老脸 | 老臉 | lǎoliǎn | - self-respect of old person - face - thick-skinned (i.e. impervious to criticism) - brazen |
| 老黑 | 老黑 | lǎohēi | - (coll.) black person |
| 闻人 | 聞人 | wénrén | - famous person |
| 聋子 | 聾子 | lóngzi | - deaf person |
| 胖人 | 胖人 | pàngrén | - overweight person - fatty |
| 胖子 | 胖子 | pàngzi | - fat person - fatty |
| 能人 | 能人 | néngrén | - capable person - Homo habilis, extinct species of upright East African hominid |
| 脓包 | 膿包 | nóngbāo | - pustule - worthless person - good-for-nothing - useless weakling |
| 舍人 | 舍人 | shèrén | - ancient office title - rich and important person |
| 船家 | 船家 | chuánjiā | - person who lives and makes a living on a boat - boatman - boat dweller |
| 良材 | 良材 | liángcái | - good timber - sound material - fig. able person - sound chap |
| 花甲 | 花甲 | huājiǎ | - complete sexagenary cycle - a 60 year-old person - passage of time |
| 英灵 | 英靈 | yīnglíng | - spirit of a martyr - spirit of the brave departed - person of remarkable talent |
| 薄幸 | 薄幸 | bóxìng | - fickle - inconstant person |
| 虺蜥 | 虺蜥 | huǐxī | - venomous snake - fig. vicious person |
| 蠹虫 | 蠹蟲 | dùchóng | - moth - harmful person - vermin |
| 要人 | 要人 | yàorén | - important person |
| 亲临 | 親臨 | qīnlín | - to go in person |
| 亲自 | 親自 | qīnzì | - personally - in person - oneself |
| 词人 | 詞人 | círén | - writer of 詞|词[ci2] (a kind of classical Chinese poem) - person of literary talent |
| 诗礼 | 詩禮 | ShīLǐ | - the Book of Songs 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1] and Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4] - a cultured well-read person |
| 豪富 | 豪富 | háofù | - rich and powerful - rich and influential person - big shot |
| 豺狼 | 豺狼 | cháiláng | - jackal and wolf - ravenous wolf - fig. evil person - vicious tyrant |
| 贵人 | 貴人 | guìrén | - nobility - person of high rank |
| 贤士 | 賢士 | xiánshì | - virtuous person - a man of merit |
| 贤才 | 賢才 | xiáncái | - a genius - a talented person |
| 贱人 | 賤人 | jiànrén | - slut - cheap person |
| 跛子 | 跛子 | bǒzi | - lame person - cripple |
| 跛脚 | 跛腳 | bǒjiǎo | - to limp - lame person |
| 路痴 | 路痴 | lùchī | - person with a poor sense of direction |
| 躬亲 | 躬親 | gōngqīn | - to attend to personally - in person |
| 辩士 | 辯士 | biànshì | - eloquent person - person with rhetoric skills |
| 近人 | 近人 | jìnrén | - contemporary - modern person - close friend - associate - intimate |
| 通才 | 通才 | tōngcái | - polymath - all-round person |
| 逸事 | 逸事 | yìshì | - anecdote - lost or apocryphal story about famous person |
| 游子 | 遊子 | yóuzǐ | - person living or traveling far from home |
| 达人 | 達人 | dárén | - expert - person who takes things philosophically |
| 远人 | 遠人 | yuǎnrén | - an estranged person - sb who is alienated - people far from home |
| 乡愿 | 鄉愿 | xiāngyuàn | - (literary) hypocrite - two-faced person |
| 邻座 | 鄰座 | línzuò | - person in next seat - adjacent seat - neighbor |
| 邻舍 | 鄰舍 | línshè | - neighbor - person next door |
| 酒托 | 酒托 | jiǔtuō | - person hired to lure customers to high-priced bars |
| 丑类 | 醜類 | chǒulèi | - villain - evil person |
| 里人 | 里人 | lǐrén | - person from the same village, town or province - peasant (derog.) - (of a school of thought etc) follower |
| 铁面 | 鐵面 | tiěmiàn | - iron mask (as defensive armor) - fig. upright and selfless person |
| 长者 | 長者 | zhǎngzhě | - senior - older person |
| 闲人 | 閑人 | xiánrén | - variant of 閒人|闲人[xian2 ren2] - idle person - idler - unconcerned person |
| 闲人 | 閒人 | xiánrén | - idle person - idler - unconcerned person |
| 阔佬 | 闊佬 | kuòlǎo | - wealthy person - millionaire |
| 阿斗 | 阿斗 | Ādǒu | - A-dou, nickname of Liu Chan 劉禪|刘禅 (207-271), son of Liu Bei, reigned as Shu Han emperor 233-263 - fig. weak and inept person |
| 随身 | 隨身 | suíshēn | - to (carry) on one's person - to (take) with one |
| 雄长 | 雄長 | xióngzhǎng | - fierce and ambitious character - formidable person |
| 雅人 | 雅人 | yǎrén | - poetic individual - person of refined temperament |
| 雏儿 | 雛兒 | chúér | - newly hatched bird - fig. inexperienced person - fig. chick (slighting term for young woman) - bimbo |
| 青年 | 青年 | qīngnián | - youth - youthful years - young person - the young |
| 面授 | 面授 | miànshòu | - to teach face to face - to instruct in person |
| 头领 | 頭領 | tóulǐng | - head person - leader |
| 显要 | 顯要 | xiǎnyào | - prominent - eminent - important person - notable - dignitary |
| 显贵 | 顯貴 | xiǎnguì | - dignitary - distinguished person - royalty - nobleman - big shot |
| 饭托 | 飯托 | fàntuō | - person hired to lure customers to high-priced restaurants |
| 馋人 | 饞人 | chánrén | - to make one's mouth water - appetizing - greedy person - glutton |
| 驭手 | 馭手 | yùshǒu | - person in charge of pack animals - chariot driver |
| 骚包 | 騷包 | sāobāo | - (slang) alluring - showy - flashy and enticing person - painted Jezebel |
| 高人 | 高人 | gāorén | - very able person |
| 高才 | 高才 | gāocái | - great talent - rare capability - person of outstanding ability |
| 高材 | 高材 | gāocái | - great talent - rare capability - person of outstanding ability |
| 鬼蜮 | 鬼蜮 | guǐyù | - treacherous person - evil spirit |
| 魔王 | 魔王 | mówáng | - devil king - evil person |
| 鲁人 | 魯人 | Lǔrén | - person from Shandong - often refers to Confucius - stupid person |
| 鸿鹄 | 鴻鵠 | hónghú | - swan - person with noble aspirations |
| 鸾凤 | 鸞鳳 | luánfèng | - luan and phoenix - husband and wife - virtuous person - sovereign - belle |
| 麦霸 | 麥霸 | màibà | - mic hog - person who monopolizes the mike at karaoke party (hegemon 霸 of the microphone 麥克風|麦克风) |
| 黑人 | 黑人 | hēirén | - black person |
| 一般人 | 一般人 | yībānrén | - average person |
| 中国人 | 中國人 | Zhōngguórén | - Chinese person |
| 九头鸟 | 九頭鳥 | jiǔtóuniǎo | - legendary bird with nine heads (old) - cunning or sly person |
| 二愣子 | 二愣子 | èrlèngzi | - stupid person - dolt - rash (slang) |
| 二杆子 | 二杆子 | èrgānzi | - hot-tempered - rash - hot-tempered person |
| 二百五 | 二百五 | èrbǎiwǔ | - idiot - stupid person - a dope |
| 人尖儿 | 人尖兒 | rénjiānr | - outstanding individual - person of great ability |
| 何许人 | 何許人 | héxǔrén | - (literary) what kind of person |
| 修行人 | 修行人 | xiūxíngrén | - person pursuing religious practice (Buddhism) |
| 光棍儿 | 光棍兒 | guānggùnr | - single person - bachelor |
| 两面派 | 兩面派 | liǎngmiànpài | - two-faced person - double-dealing |
| 冒失鬼 | 冒失鬼 | màoshiguǐ | - reckless person - hothead |
| 刺儿头 | 刺兒頭 | cìrtóu | - an awkward person - a difficult person to deal with |
| 半个人 | 半個人 | bàngerén | - (not) a single person - (no) one |
| 半吊子 | 半吊子 | bàndiàozi | - dabbler - smatterer - tactless and impulsive person |
| 受保人 | 受保人 | shòubǎorén | - the insured person - the person covered by an insurance policy |
| 受刑人 | 受刑人 | shòuxíngrén | - person being executed - victim of corporal punishment - person serving a sentence |
| 吊死鬼 | 吊死鬼 | diàosǐguǐ | - ghost of a person who died by hanging - hanged person - (coll.) inchworm - hangman (word game) |
| 同性恋 | 同性戀 | tóngxìngliàn | - homosexuality - gay person - gay love |
| 同道者 | 同道者 | tóngdàozhě | - fellow-traveler - like-minded person |
| 同龄人 | 同齡人 | tónglíngrén | - peer - one's contemporary - person of the same age |
| 丧气鬼 | 喪氣鬼 | sàngqìguǐ | - downcast wretch - bad-tempered and unpleasant person |
| 丧门星 | 喪門星 | sāngménxīng | - messenger of death (cf Irish banshee) - person bringing bad luck |
| 丧门神 | 喪門神 | sāngménshén | - messenger of death (cf Irish banshee) - person bringing bad luck |
| 回族人 | 回族人 | Huízúrén | - Hui person - member of Hui ethnic group living across China |
| 土著人 | 土著人 | tǔzhùrén | - indigenous person - aboriginal |
| 外场人 | 外場人 | wàichángrén | - sophisticated, worldly person - man of the world |
| 多面手 | 多面手 | duōmiànshǒu | - multi-talented person - versatile person - all-rounder |
| 大个儿 | 大個兒 | dàgèr | - tall person |
| 大同乡 | 大同鄉 | dàtóngxiāng | - person from the same province |
| 大忙人 | 大忙人 | dàmángrén | - busy bee - very busy person |
| 失业者 | 失業者 | shīyèzhě | - an unemployed person |
| 小同乡 | 小同鄉 | xiǎotóngxiāng | - person from the same county |
| 小年人 | 小年人 | xiǎoniánrén | - younger old person - young retiree |
| 小日本 | 小日本 | xiǎoRìběn | - (derog.) Japanese person - Jap |
| 小青年 | 小青年 | xiǎoqīngnián | - young person - youngster |
| 幸运儿 | 幸運兒 | xìngyùnér | - winner - lucky guy - person who always gets good breaks |
| 急性人 | 急性人 | jíxìngrén | - impetuous person - excitable person |
| 急性子 | 急性子 | jíxìngzi | - impetuous person - excitable person |
| 患病者 | 患病者 | huànbìngzhě | - person suffering (from a disease or poisoning) - a patient |
| 闷葫芦 | 悶葫蘆 | mènhúlu | - lit. closed gourd - fig. enigma - complete mystery - taciturn person |
| 感染者 | 感染者 | gǎnrǎnzhě | - infected person |
| 应聘者 | 應聘者 | yìngpìnzhě | - person taking a job - job applicant - CL:位[wei4] |
| 应声虫 | 應聲蟲 | yīngshēngchóng | - yes-man - opinionless person |
| 成年人 | 成年人 | chéngniánrén | - adult person |
| 投保人 | 投保人 | tóubǎorén | - policy holder - insured person |
| 招聘者 | 招聘者 | zhāopìnzhě | - prospective employer - person advertising a job - recruiter |
| 捷克人 | 捷克人 | Jiékèrén | - Czech person |
| 扫把星 | 掃把星 | sàobǎxīng | - bearer of ill luck - person with the evil eye - comet |
| 探矿者 | 探礦者 | tànkuàngzhě | - prospector - person exploring for minerals |
| 接受者 | 接受者 | jiēshòuzhě | - recipient - person receiving sth |
| 操刀手 | 操刀手 | cāodāoshǒu | - person charged with decisive action - hatchet man |
| 明眼人 | 明眼人 | míngyǎnrén | - perspicacious person - sb with a discerning eye - sighted person (as opposed to blind) |
| 普通人 | 普通人 | pǔtōngrén | - ordinary person - private citizen - people - the person in the street |
| 智多星 | 智多星 | zhìduōxīng | - resourceful person - mastermind |
| 有心人 | 有心人 | yǒuxīnrén | - resolute person - person with aspirations - people who feel - people who use their heads |
| 植物人 | 植物人 | zhíwùrén | - person in a vegetative state - human vegetable |
| 机器人 | 機器人 | jīqìrén | - mechanical person - robot - android |
| 机灵鬼 | 機靈鬼 | jīlíngguǐ | - (jocularly) clever and quick-witted person |
| 死顽固 | 死頑固 | sǐwángù | - very stubborn - very stubborn person - die-hard |
| 残疾人 | 殘疾人 | cánjírén | - disabled person |
| 气包子 | 氣包子 | qìbāozi | - quick-tempered person |
| 池中物 | 池中物 | chízhōngwù | - person of no particular talent |
| 法国人 | 法國人 | Fǎguórén | - Frenchman - French person |
| 活字典 | 活字典 | huózìdiǎn | - walking dictionary - well-informed person |
| 活菩萨 | 活菩薩 | huópúsà | - a living Buddha - fig. compassionate person - saint |
| 混血儿 | 混血兒 | hùnxuèér | - person of mixed blood - half-breed - mulatto |
| 滚刀肉 | 滾刀肉 | gǔndāoròu | - annoying person - troublemaker - pain in the neck |
| 无产者 | 無產者 | wúchǎnzhě | - proletariat - non-propertied person |
| 无脚蟹 | 無腳蟹 | wújiǎoxiè | - helpless lonely person |
| 父执辈 | 父執輩 | fùzhíbèi | - person of one's father's generation |
| 墙头草 | 牆頭草 | qiángtóucǎo | - sb who goes whichever way the wind blows - sb with no mind of one's own - easily swayed person - opportunist |
| 独眼龙 | 獨眼龍 | dúyǎnlóng | - one-eyed person |
| 独行侠 | 獨行俠 | dúxíngxiá | - loner - single person - bachelor |
| 病秧子 | 病秧子 | bìngyāngzi | - (coll.) invalid - sickly person |
| 白鼻子 | 白鼻子 | báibízi | - cunning or sly person |
| 百事通 | 百事通 | bǎishìtōng | - knowledgeable person - know all |
| 百合花 | 百合花 | bǎihéhuā | - lily - fig. pure and spotless person - virgin |
| 知情人 | 知情人 | zhīqíngrén | - person in the know - insider - informed source |
| 矮个儿 | 矮個兒 | ǎigèr | - a person of short stature - a short person |
| 破产者 | 破產者 | pòchǎnzhě | - bankrupt person |
| 穷棒子 | 窮棒子 | qióngbàngzi | - poor but spirited person - destitute - the poor (traditional) |
| 第三者 | 第三者 | dìsānzhě | - sb who is romantically involved with sb already in a committed relationship - the other woman - the other man - third person - third party (in dispute) - disinterested party - number three in a list |
| 美国人 | 美國人 | Měiguórén | - American - American person - American people - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 老狐狸 | 老狐狸 | lǎohúli | - old fox - fig. cunning person |
| 臭豆腐 | 臭豆腐 | chòudòufu | - stinky tofu - strong-smelling preserved beancurd - fig. rough exterior but lovable person |
| 英国人 | 英國人 | Yīngguórén | - British person - British people |
| 菜包子 | 菜包子 | càibāozi | - steamed bun stuffed with vegetables - (fig.) useless person - a good-for-nothing |
| 莅事者 | 蒞事者 | lìshìzhě | - an official - person holding post - local functionary |
| 芦柴棒 | 蘆柴棒 | lúcháibàng | - reed stem - (fig.) extremely skinny person |
| 蜘蛛人 | 蜘蛛人 | Zhīzhūrén | - Spider-Man, see 蜘蛛俠|蜘蛛侠 - nickname of French skyscraper climber Alain Robert (1962-) - person who scales the outer walls of a building as a stunt or for building maintenance |
| 袖珍人 | 袖珍人 | xiùzhēnrén | - little person - midget - dwarf |
| 被保人 | 被保人 | bèibǎorén | - insured person - insurance policyholder |
| 讨厌鬼 | 討厭鬼 | tǎoyànguǐ | - disgusting person - slob |
| 话匣子 | 話匣子 | huàxiázi | - phonograph or radio (old term) - chatterbox - talkative person |
| 负责人 | 負責人 | fùzérén | - person in charge |
| 责任人 | 責任人 | zérènrén | - responsible person - coordinator |
| 走资派 | 走資派 | zǒuzīpài | - capitalist-roader - person in power taking the capitalist road, a political label often pinned on cadres by the Red Guards during the Cultural Revolution |
| 软耳朵 | 軟耳朵 | ruǎněrduo | - credulous person - credulous |
| 过来人 | 過來人 | guòláirén | - an experienced person - sb who has 'been around (the block)' - sb who has personally experienced it |
| 那个人 | 那個人 | nàgèrén | - lit. that person - fig. the person you have been looking for - Mr Right - the girl of one's dreams |
| 丑八怪 | 醜八怪 | chǒubāguài | - ugly person |
| 铁公鸡 | 鐵公雞 | tiěgōngjī | - cheapskate - stingy person |
| 鉴赏家 | 鑒賞家 | jiànshǎngjiā | - connoisseur - appreciative person - fan |
| 开心果 | 開心果 | kāixīnguǒ | - pistachio nuts - fig. amusing person |
| 开车人 | 開車人 | kāichērén | - driver - person driving a vehicle |
| 闯关者 | 闖關者 | chuǎngguānzhě | - person who crashes through a barrier - gate-crasher |
| 阿木林 | 阿木林 | āmùlín | - dullard - stupid person |
| 青年人 | 青年人 | qīngniánrén | - young person - the young |
| 顺风耳 | 順風耳 | shùnfēngěr | - sb with preternaturally good hearing (in fiction) - fig. a well-informed person |
| 香饽饽 | 香餑餑 | xiāngbōbo | - delicious cakes - popular person - sth that is in high demand |
| 马大哈 | 馬大哈 | mǎdàhā | - a careless person - scatterbrain - frivolous and forgetful - abbr. for 馬馬虎虎、大大咧咧、嘻嘻哈哈|马马虎虎、大大咧咧、嘻嘻哈哈 |
| 鲁国人 | 魯國人 | Lǔguórén | - person from Shandong - often refers to Confucius |
| 不识泰山 | 不識泰山 | bùshíTàiShān | - can't recognize Mt Taishan (idiom); fig. not to recognize a famous person |
| 二号人物 | 二號人物 | èrhàorénwù | - second best person - second-rate person |
| 人琴俱亡 | 人琴俱亡 | rénqínjùwàng | - person and lute have both vanished (idiom) - death of a close friend |
| 仁人君子 | 仁人君子 | rénrénjūnzǐ | - people of good will (idiom); charitable person |
| 传奇人物 | 傳奇人物 | chuánqírénwù | - legendary person - legend (i.e. person) |
| 伤弓之鸟 | 傷弓之鳥 | shānggōngzhīniǎo | - lit. bird wounded by an arrow (idiom); fig. wounded or damaged person |
| 先知先觉 | 先知先覺 | xiānzhīxiānjué | - foresight - having foresight - person of foresight |
| 公众人物 | 公眾人物 | gōngzhòngrénwù | - public figure - famous person |
| 冰壶秋月 | 冰壺秋月 | bīnghúqiūyuè | - jade ice jug and autumn moon (idiom, from poem by Song writer Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡); fig. spotless white and pure - flawless person |
| 冷血动物 | 冷血動物 | lěngxuèdòngwù | - cold-blooded animal - fig. cold-hearted person |
| 判若两人 | 判若兩人 | pànruòliǎngrén | - to be a different person - not to be one's usual self |
| 同性恋者 | 同性戀者 | tóngxìngliànzhě | - homosexual - gay person |
| 哈萨克人 | 哈薩克人 | Hāsàkèrén | - Kazakh person - Kazakh people |
| 单身贵族 | 單身貴族 | dānshēnguìzú | - fig. unmarried person - single person (especially one who is comfortable financially) |
| 因爱成恨 | 因愛成恨 | yīnàichénghèn | - hatred caused by love (idiom) - to grow to hate someone because of unrequited love for that person |
| 土耳其人 | 土耳其人 | Tǔěrqírén | - a Turk - Turkish person |
| 大方之家 | 大方之家 | dàfāngzhījiā | - learned person - expert in a certain field - abbr. to 方家[fang1 jia1] |
| 希伯来人 | 希伯來人 | Xībóláirén | - Hebrew person - Israelite - Jew |
| 形象大使 | 形象大使 | xíngxiàngdàshǐ | - person who represents an organization and enhances its image - ambassador |
| 从业人员 | 從業人員 | cóngyèrényuán | - employee - person employed in a trade or profession |
| 心驰神往 | 心馳神往 | xīnchíshénwǎng | - one's thoughts fly to a longed-for place or person - to long for - infatuated - fascinated |
| 意大利人 | 意大利人 | Yìdàlìrén | - Italian person |
| 爱尔兰人 | 愛爾蘭人 | Àiěrlánrén | - Irish person |
| 拣佛烧香 | 揀佛燒香 | jiǎnfóshāoxiāng | - to choose which Buddha to burn incense to (idiom); fig. to curry favor from the right person |
| 斗筲之人 | 斗筲之人 | dǒushāozhīrén | - a small-minded person - a bean-counter |
| 斗筲之器 | 斗筲之器 | dǒushāozhīqì | - person narrow-minded and shortsighted |
| 斗筲之材 | 斗筲之材 | dǒushāozhīcái | - person of limited capacity |
| 新加坡人 | 新加坡人 | Xīnjiāpōrén | - Singaporean person - Singaporean |
| 智障人士 | 智障人士 | zhìzhàngrénshì | - person with learning difficulties (handicap) - retarded person |
| 有权势者 | 有權勢者 | yǒuquánshìzhě | - person in power - the one with authority - the guy in charge |
| 历史人物 | 歷史人物 | lìshǐrénwù | - historical person |
| 永久居民 | 永久居民 | yǒngjiǔjūmín | - permanent resident - person with the right to live in a country or territory |
| 波西米亚 | 波西米亞 | Bōxīmǐyà | - Bohemia - central European country mostly within the modern Czech republic - person leading unconventional lifestyle, esp. in western intellectual or artistic circles |
| 无业游民 | 無業遊民 | wúyèyóumín | - unemployed person - vagrant - rogue |
| 琴棋书画 | 琴棋書畫 | qínqíshūhuà | - the four arts (zither, Go, calligraphy, painting) - the accomplishments of a well-educated person |
| 当地居民 | 當地居民 | dāngdìjūmín | - a local person - the local population |
| 知识分子 | 知識分子 | zhīshifènzǐ | - intellectual - intelligentsia - learned person |
| 空心老大 | 空心老大 | kōngxīnlǎodà | - pretentious and vacuous person |
| 空心萝卜 | 空心蘿蔔 | kōngxīnluóbo | - useless person |
| 第二个人 | 第二個人 | dìèrgerén | - the second person - (fig.) someone else - third party |
| 纯素食者 | 純素食者 | chúnsùshízhě | - a vegan - person following a vegan diet |
| 缩头乌龟 | 縮頭烏龜 | suōtóuwūguī | - person who refuses to face reality or confront a problem - ostrich |
| 羲皇上人 | 羲皇上人 | xīhuángshàngrén | - lit. a person before the legendary emperor Fuxi 伏羲[Fu2 Xi1] - person from ages immemorial - fig. untroubled person |
| 自我的人 | 自我的人 | zìwǒderén | - (my, your) own person - (to assert) one's own personality |
| 花边人物 | 花邊人物 | huābiānrénwù | - smooth talker - fast talker - slick and sociable person - person in the news |
| 葬玉埋香 | 葬玉埋香 | zàngyùmáixiāng | - lit. burying jade and interring incense (idiom); funeral for a beautiful person |
| 行尸走肉 | 行屍走肉 | xíngshīzǒuròu | - walking corpse (idiom) - zombie - person who lives only on the material level |
| 衣冠禽兽 | 衣冠禽獸 | yīguānqínshòu | - lit. dressed up animal (idiom) - fig. immoral and despicable person |
| 被剥削者 | 被剝削者 | bèibōxuēzhě | - person suffering exploitation - the workers in Marxist theory |
| 西班牙人 | 西班牙人 | Xībānyárén | - Spaniard - Spanish person |
| 识文断字 | 識文斷字 | shíwénduànzì | - literate - a cultured person |
| 酒色之徒 | 酒色之徒 | jiǔsèzhītú | - follower of wine and women - dissolute person |
| 革新能手 | 革新能手 | géxīnnéngshǒu | - person of new ideas - innovator |
| 显赫人物 | 顯赫人物 | xiǎnhèrénwù | - a famous person - a luminary |
| 骨头架子 | 骨頭架子 | gǔtoujiàzi | - skeleton - skinny person - a mere skeleton |
| 以人名命名 | 以人名命名 | yǐrénmíngmìngmíng | - to name sth after a person - named after - eponymous |
| 利害关系人 | 利害關係人 | lìhàiguānxirén | - stakeholder - interested party - interested person |
| 雷公打豆腐 | 雷公打豆腐 | LéiGōngdǎdòufu | - the God of Thunder strikes bean curd - fig. to bully the weakest person - to pick on an easy target |
| 扶不起的阿斗 | 扶不起的阿斗 | fúbùqǐdeĀdǒu | - weak and inept person - hopeless case |
| 沙特阿拉伯人 | 沙特阿拉伯人 | ShātèĀlābórén | - a Saudi - Saudi Arabian person |
| 消息灵通人士 | 消息靈通人士 | xiāoxilíngtōngrénshì | - well-informed source - person with inside information |
| 大水冲了龙王庙 | 大水沖了龍王廟 | dàshuǐchōngleLóngWángmiào | - lit. surging waters flooded the Dragon King temple (idiom) - fig. to fail to recognize a familiar person - a dispute between close people who fail to recognize each other |
| 近水楼台先得月 | 近水樓臺先得月 | jìnshuǐlóutáixiāndéyuè | - the pavilion closest to the water enjoys moonlight first (idiom) - to benefit from intimacy with an influential person |
| 雷公打豆腐，拣软的欺 | 雷公打豆腐，揀軟的欺 | LéiGōngdǎdòufu,jiǎnruǎndeqī | - the God of Thunder strikes bean curd, a bully picks the weakest person - to pick on an easy target |
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