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Exact character matches appear first. Pinyin matches whole syllables in headword pronunciations. Common exact readings come before common compounds, followed by less frequent or restricted readings. Direct English meanings rank ahead of mentions in longer definitions.

Frequency data from Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare.

杀人鲸shā rén jīng

orca / killer whale (Orcinus orca)

每个人měi ge rén

everybody / everyone

民主党人mín zhǔ dǎng rén

Democrat (Democratic Party member or supporter)

气势凌人qì shì líng rén

arrogant and overbearing

水管工人shuǐ guǎn gōng rén

plumber

水至清则无鱼,人至察则无徒shuǐ zhì qīng zé wú yú , rén zhì chá zé wú tú

(saying) water that is too clear has no fish, and one who is too severe has no friends

求人不如求己qiú rén bù rú qiú jǐ

if you want sth done well, do it yourself (idiom)

求助于人qiú zhù yú rén

to call upon others for help

江湖艺人jiāng hú yì rén

itinerant entertainer

汪星人wāng xīng rén

dog (Internet slang)

沁人心脾qìn rén xīn pí

(lit.) to penetrate deeply into the heart (idiom) / (fig.) to gladden the heart / to be refreshing

没人住méi rén zhù

unoccupied

没人味méi rén wèi

to be lacking in human character

治病救人zhì bìng jiù rén

to treat the disease to save the patient / to criticize a person in order to help him

法定人数fǎ dìng rén shù

quorum

法定代表人fǎ dìng dài biǎo rén

(law) legal representative of a corporation (e.g. chairman of the board of a company, principal of a school etc)

泡芙人pào fú rén

(coll.) skinny fat person (person who is MONW: metabolically obese normal weight)

泥人ní rén

clay figurine

注册人zhù cè rén

registrant

洋人yáng rén

foreigner / (esp.) Westerner

洋大人yáng dà rén

(derog.) foreigner treated as superior / privileged Westerner

活人让尿憋死huó rén ràng niào biē sǐ

lit. such a fool as to die from holding in one's pee (idiom) / fig. unable to solve a problem due to the inflexibility of one's thinking

活动人士huó dòng rén shì

activist

流动人口liú dòng rén kǒu

floating population / transient population

消息灵通人士xiāo xi líng tōng rén shì

well-informed source / person with inside information

涉嫌人shè xián rén

(criminal) suspect

淑人君子shū rén jūn zi

virtuous gentleman (idiom)

泪人lèi rén

person who is crying their eyes out, whose face is wet with tears

深入人心shēn rù rén xīn

to enter deeply into people's hearts / to have a real impact on the people (idiom)

渺无人烟miǎo wú rén yān

remote and uninhabited (idiom) / deserted / God-forsaken

灭绝人性miè jué rén xìng

(idiom) to be devoid of all humanity / inhuman / bestial

渗人shèn rén

horrifying / creepy

渔人yú rén

fisherman

演艺人员yǎn yì rén yuán

entertainer / performer

渐冻人症jiàn dòng rén zhèng

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), aka motor neurone disease (MND)

泼贱人pō jiàn rén

slut / tramp (old)

潮人cháo rén

trendsetter

滥好人làn hǎo rén

sb who tries to be on good terms with everyone

火柴人huǒ chái rén

stick figure / stick person

为人师表wéi rén shī biǎo

to serve as a model for others (idiom) / to be a worthy teacher

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