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人物 (rénwù) English Meaning
- a person
- a character (in a play, novel, etc.)
- a protagonist
Traditional Characters: 人物
+ is only found in HSK 5.
人 forms words in:
HSK 1, HSK 2, HSK 3, HSK 4, HSK 5 and HSK 6. CLICK HERE to see them all.
物 forms words in:
HSK 1, HSK 2, HSK 3, HSK 4, HSK 5 and HSK 6. CLICK HERE to see them all.
Corresponding Classifiers|Measure Words:
- 個|个(gè)
Stroke Order & Character Components
人 (rén): person; people; man; CL:个(gè),位(wèi)
- 人 (rén): man
物 (wù): thing; object; matter; abbr. for physics 物理
- 牜 (niu): beef
- 勿 (wù): do not
Links to all HSK Words & Lists Containing 人
HSK 1 Word List
- 人(rén): man; person; people; CL: 個|个(gè), 位(wèi)
HSK 3 Word List
- 别人(bié rén): others
- 客人(kè rén): visitor; guest; customer; client; CL: 位(wèi)
HSK 5 Word List
- 成人(chéng rén): adult
- 敌人(dí rén): enemy; foe; CL: 個|个(gè)
- 个人(gè rén): individual; personal; oneself
- 工人(gōng rén): worker; CL: 個|个(gè), 名(míng)
- 人才(rén cái): a person’s talent; talented person; distinguished person; a talent (worth head-hunting); person’s looks; an attractive woman; used interchangeably with 人材; CL: 個|个(gè)
- 人口(rén kǒu): population
- 人类(rén lèi): humanity; human race; mankind
- 人民币(rén mín bì): Renminbi (RMB); Chinese Yuan (CNY)
- 人生(rén shēng): human life
- 人事(rén shì): human resources; personnel; human affairs; ways of the world; consciousness of the world; what is humanly possible; personnel matters; sexual awareness; sexual passion; facts of life
- 人物(rén wù): a person; a character (in a play, novel, etc.); a protagonist; CL: 個|个(gè)
- 人员(rén yuán): staff; crew; personnel; CL: 個|个(gè)
- 私人(sī rén): private (citizen); private
- 行人(xíng rén): pedestrian; traveler on foot; passer-by; official responsible for arranging audiences with the emperor
- 主人(zhǔ rén): master; host; owner; CL: 個|个(gè)
HSK 6 Word List
- 本人(běn rén): oneself; I (humble form used in speeches); myself; in person; personal
- 当事人(dāng shì rén): persons involved or implicated; party (to an affair)
- 丢人(diū rén): to lose face
- 法人(fǎ rén): legal person; corporation; see also 自然自然人(zì rán rén)
- 风土人情(fēng tǔ rén qíng): local conditions and customs (idiom)
- 夫人(fū ren): lady; madam; Mrs.; CL: 位(wèi)
- 迷人(mí rén): fascinating; enchanting; charming; tempting
- 人道(rén dào): human sympathy; humanitarianism; humane; the ‘human way’, one of the stages in the cycle of reincarnation (Buddhism); sexual intercourse
- 人格(rén gé): personality; integrity; dignity
- 人工(rén gōng): artificial; manpower; manual work
- 人家(rén jia): other; other people; him (her, them); I
- 人间(rén jiān): man’s world; the world
- 人士(rén shì): person; figure; public figure
- 人为(rén wéi): artificial; man-made; having human cause or origin; human attempt or effort
- 人性(rén xìng): human nature; humanity; human; the totality of human attributes
- 人质(rén zhì): hostage
*CL: Classifier/Measure Word
Links to all HSK Words & Lists Containing 物
HSK 3 Word List
- 动物(dòng wù): animal; CL: 只(zhī), 群(qún), 個|个(gè)
- 礼物(lǐwù): gift; present; CL: 件(jiàn), 個|个(gè), 份(fèn)
HSK 4 Word List
- 购物(gòu wù): shopping
- 植物(zhí wù): botanical; plant; vegetation; CL: 种(zhǒng)
HSK 5 Word List
- 博物馆(bó wù guǎn): museum
- 宠物(chǒng wù): house pet
- 人物(rén wù): a person; a character (in a play, novel, etc.); a protagonist; CL: 個|个(gè)
- 食物(shí wù): food; CL: 种(zhǒng)
- 事物(shì wù): thing; object; CL: 個|个(gè)
- 物理(wù lǐ): physics; physical
- 物质(wù zhì): matter; substance; material; materialistic; CL: 個|个(gè)
HSK 6 Word List
- 刊物(kān wù): publication
- 生物(shēng wù): organism; living creature; life form; biological; CL: 個|个(gè)
- 文物(wén wù): cultural relic; historical relic; CL: 件(jiàn), 個|个(gè)
- 物美价廉(wù měi jià lián): cheap and fine; attractive in price and quality
- 物业(wù yè): property; real estate; property management;
- 物资(wù zī): goods and materials
*CL: Classifier/Measure Word