{"id":10630,"date":"2014-12-10T09:24:55","date_gmt":"2014-12-10T13:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/?p=10630"},"modified":"2014-12-10T09:24:55","modified_gmt":"2014-12-10T13:24:55","slug":"the-chinese-character-for-person","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/the-chinese-character-for-person\/","title":{"rendered":"The Chinese Character for &#8220;Person&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the first, easiest, and most important characters you&#8217;ll learn in Chinese is the one for <strong>person<\/strong>\u00a0(\u4eba &#8211;<span class=\"s1\">\u00a0r\u00e9n). Back in the day, this character was actually a pictograph depicting a man. As you can see, it has been abbreviated over time. Check out this short video to learn how to properly write this character:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to write Chinese characters - \u4eba (man, person, people)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hIZjig-uYMI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Not surprisingly, tons of words are formed with this character. Here are 25 words featuring the character for person:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\">\n<h3>personal\/individual\u00a0(\u4e2a\u4eba &#8211;<span class=\"s1\"> g\u00e8 r\u00e9n)<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">\n<h3><span class=\"s2\">woman (\u5973\u4eba<\/span> &#8211; n\u01da r\u00e9n)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">\n<h3><span class=\"s2\">man (\u7537\u4eba<\/span> &#8211; n\u00e1n r\u00e9n)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">\n<h3>everyone (\u4eba\u4eba<span class=\"s1\"> &#8211; r\u00e9n r\u00e9n)<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">\n<h3><span class=\"s2\">worker (\u5de5\u4eba<\/span> &#8211; g\u014dng r\u00e9n)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">\n<h3><span class=\"s2\">adult (\u5927\u4eba<\/span> &#8211; d\u00e0 r\u00e9n)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">\n<h3><span class=\"s2\">elderly (\u8001\u4eba<\/span> &#8211; l\u01ceo r\u00e9n)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">\n<h3><span class=\"s2\">family (\u5bb6\u4eba<\/span> &#8211; ji\u0101 r\u00e9n)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">\n<h3>lover\/sweetheart (\u7231\u4eba<span class=\"s1\"> &#8211; \u00c0i r\u00e9n)<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">\n<h3>other people (\u522b\u4eba<span class=\"s1\"> &#8211; bi\u00e9 r\u00e9n)<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">\n<h3>businessperson (\u5546\u4eba<span class=\"s1\"> &#8211; sh\u0101ng r\u00e9n)<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">\n<h3><span class=\"s2\">enemy (\u654c\u4eba<\/span> &#8211; d\u00ed r\u00e9n)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">\n<h3>population (<span class=\"s2\">\u4eba\u53e3<\/span> &#8211; r\u00e9n k\u01d2u)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">\n<h3>talented person (\u4eba\u624d<span class=\"s1\"> &#8211; r\u00e9n c\u00e1i)<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">\n<h3>private (\u79c1\u4eba<span class=\"s1\"> &#8211; s\u012b r\u00e9n)<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">\n<h3><span class=\"s2\">snowman (\u96ea\u4eba<\/span> &#8211; xu\u011b r\u00e9n)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">\n<h3>manpower (\u4eba\u529b &#8211; r\u00e9n l\u00ec)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">\n<h3>every person (\u6bcf\u4e2a\u4eba &#8211;<span class=\"s1\"> m\u011bi g\u00e8 r\u00e9n)<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">\n<h3><span class=\"s2\">American (\u7f8e\u56fd\u4eba<\/span> &#8211; m\u011bi gu\u00f3 r\u00e9n)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">\n<h3><span class=\"s2\">Chinese (\u4e2d\u56fd\u4eba<\/span> &#8211; zh\u014dng gu\u00f3 r\u00e9n)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">\n<h3>leader (<span class=\"s2\">\u9886\u5bfc\u4eba<\/span> &#8211; l\u01d0ng d\u01ceo r\u00e9n)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">\n<h3>person in charge (<span class=\"s2\">\u8d1f\u8d23\u4eba<\/span> &#8211; f\u00f9 z\u00e9 r\u00e9n)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">\n<h3>spokesperson (<span class=\"s2\">\u53d1\u8a00\u4eba<\/span> &#8211; f\u0101 y\u00e1n r\u00e9n)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">\n<h3>defendant (<span class=\"s2\">\u88ab\u544a\u4eba<\/span> &#8211; b\u00e8i g\u00e0o r\u00e9n)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">\n<h3>candidate (<span class=\"s2\">\u5019\u9009\u4eba<\/span> &#8211; h\u00f2u xu\u01cen r\u00e9n)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As you may have noticed, to form the Chinese word for a nationality, you just add the character for person after the name of a country. There&#8217;s another common word used to mean &#8220;<strong>people<\/strong>&#8221; (\u4eba\u6c11 &#8211; r\u00e9n m\u00edn), as in the people of China. This is commonly used in official names, including the name of the country. Here are some examples of this word in use:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10632\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10632\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10632\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/12\/DSC_0265.jpg\" alt=\"Outside the People's University in Beijing, my former place of employment.\" width=\"600\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/12\/DSC_0265.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/12\/DSC_0265-350x235.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10632\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Outside the People&#8217;s University in Beijing, my former place of employment.<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\">\n<h3>The People&#8217;s Republic of China (<span class=\"s1\">\u4e2d\u56fd\u4eba\u6c11\u5171\u548c\u56fd<\/span> &#8211; zh\u014dng gu\u00f3 r\u00e9n m\u00edn g\u00f2ng h\u00e9 gu\u00f3)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">\n<h3>Middle People&#8217;s Road (<span class=\"s1\">\u4eba\u6c11\u4e2d\u8def<\/span>&#8211; r\u00e9n m\u00edn zh\u014dng l\u00f9)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">\n<h3>People&#8217;s University (\u4eba\u6c11\u5927\u5b66<span class=\"s2\"> &#8211; r\u00e9n m\u00edn d\u00e0 xu\u00e9)<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">\n<h3>People&#8217;s Park (<span class=\"s1\">\u4eba\u6c11\u516c\u56ed<\/span> &#8211; r\u00e9n m\u00edn g\u014dng yu\u00e1n)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">\n<h3>People&#8217;s Square (<span class=\"s1\">\u4eba\u6c11\u5e7f\u573a<\/span> &#8211; r\u00e9n m\u00edn gu\u01ceng ch\u01ceng)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you&#8217;re a wrestling fan like me, then you should already know who the &#8220;\u4eba\u6c11\u51a0\u519b&#8221; is&#8230;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10631\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10631\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10631\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/12\/7206108098_d45a357507_z.jpg\" alt=\"Image by Ed Webster from www.flickr.com\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/12\/7206108098_d45a357507_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/12\/7206108098_d45a357507_z-350x197.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10631\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image by Ed Webster from www.flickr.com<\/p><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">The People&#8217;s Champ (\u4eba\u6c11\u51a0\u519b &#8211; r\u00e9n m\u00edn gu\u00e0n j\u016bn)<\/h3>\n<p>Whenever you learn a new Chinese character, it&#8217;s a good idea to make a list of words featuring that character. It&#8217;s a great way to start building your vocabulary and improving your fluency. Make sure you <a href=\"http:\/\/www.transparent.com\/word-of-the-day\/today\/chinese.html\">learn a new Chinese word every day<\/a> with us!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"235\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/12\/DSC_0265-350x235.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/12\/DSC_0265-350x235.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/12\/DSC_0265.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>One of the first, easiest, and most important characters you&#8217;ll learn in Chinese is the one for person\u00a0(\u4eba &#8211;\u00a0r\u00e9n). Back in the day, this character was actually a pictograph depicting a man. As you can see, it has been abbreviated over time. 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