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人们 (rén men) — people

Definition

noun
people

Examples

  • 人们。
    rén men Dōu hěn xǐ huan zhè ge gōng yuán.
    People all like this park.
  • 人们。
    rén men De shēng huó shuǐ píng bú duàn tí gāo.
    People's living standards are constantly improving.
  • 人们。
    Yuè lái yuè duō rén men kāi shǐ guān zhù jiàn kāng wèn tí.
    More and more people are starting to pay attention to health issues.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

人rénperson
们menmany

人 means person, and 们 adds a sense of many people.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 人 shows a side view of a standing person, with an arm and a leg.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 們; 们 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
亻Written in full as人rénperson
Sound part声符shēngfú
門
門mén們men
Same sound today

The traditional form 們 uses 亻 for a person and 門 for the sound; the simplified 们 is a later shorthand.

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