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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.

线人xiàn rén

spy / informer

缝衣工人féng yī gōng rén

needleworker

总人口zǒng rén kǒu

total population

骂人mà rén

to swear or curse (at people) / to scold or yell at someone

美人尖měi rén jiān

widow's peak (in China, regarded as attractive in women)

美人痣měi rén zhì

beauty mark

美人胚子měi rén pēi zi

(coll.) girl who shows signs of becoming a beauty / budding beauty

美人腿měi rén tuǐ

(Tw) (coll.) edible stem of Manchurian wild rice 菰[gū], aka water bamboo

美人蕉měi rén jiāo

canna or Indian shot (genus Canna)

义人yì rén

righteous man

羲皇上人xī huáng shàng rén

lit. a person before the legendary emperor Fuxi 伏羲[Fú Xī] / person from ages immemorial / fig. untroubled person

翻脸不认人fān liǎn bù rèn rén

to fall out with sb and become hostile

老丈人lǎo zhàng ren

(coll.) father-in-law (wife's father)

老人院lǎo rén yuàn

nursing home / old people's home

老吾老,以及人之老lǎo wú lǎo , yǐ jí rén zhī lǎo

to honor old people as we do our own aged parents

老吾老,以及人之老,幼吾幼,以及人之幼lǎo wú lǎo , yǐ jí rén zhī lǎo , yòu wú yòu , yǐ jí rén zhī yòu

to honor old people as we do our own aged parents, and care for other's children as one's own

老妇人lǎo fù rén

elderly woman

老鼠过街,人人喊打lǎo shǔ guò jiē , rén rén hǎn dǎ

lit. when a rat crosses the street, people chase it down (idiom) / fig. everyone detests a lowlife

耐人寻味nài rén xún wèi

(idiom) thought-provoking / to provide food for thought

闻人wén rén

famous person

联络人lián luò rén

(Tw) contact person

聋人lóng rén

deaf person / hearing-impaired person

肥水不流外人田féi shuǐ bù liú wài rén tián

lit. don't let one's own fertile water flow into others' field / fig. keep the goodies within the family (proverb)

育人yù rén

to educate people (esp. morally)

胖人pàng rén

overweight person / fatty

胡人hú rén

ethnic groups in the north and west of China in ancient times / foreigner / barbarian

腻人nì rén

greasy / boring

脍炙人口kuài zhì rén kǒu

appealing to the masses / universally appreciated (idiom)

自家人zì jiā rén

sb with whom one is on familiar terms / sb from the same place (same house, same town etc) / one of us

自然人zì rán rén

natural person (law) / see also 法人[fǎ rén]

至人zhì rén

fully realized human being / sage / saint

与人方便,自己方便yǔ rén fāng biàn , zì jǐ fāng biàn

Help others, and others may help you (idiom).

举人jǔ rén

graduate / successful candidate in the imperial provincial examination

舍人shè rén

ancient office title / rich and important person

良人liáng rén

husband (arch.)

花有重开日,人无再少年huā yǒu chóng kāi rì , rén wú zài shào nián

a flower may blossom again, but a person cannot get young again (proverb)

花边人物huā biān rén wù

person who is often the subject of gossip or sensational news / tabloid favorite / clickbait star

若要人不知,除非己莫为ruò yào rén bù zhī , chú fēi jǐ mò wéi

If you don't want anyone to know, don't do it (idiom). fig. If you do something bad, people will inevitably hear about it.

英雄难过美人关yīng xióng nán guò měi rén guān

even heroes have a weakness for the charms of a beautiful woman (idiom)

草菅人命cǎo jiān rén mìng

to have disregard for human life (idiom)

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