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人缘 (rén yuán) — interpersonal rapport; how well-liked or well-connected one is with others

Definition

Refers to the personal popularity and goodwill one has built up with others over time — the kind of social standing that makes people like and trust you.

noun
interpersonal rapporthow well-liked or well-connected one is with others

Examples

  • 人缘，。
    Tā rén yuán hěn hǎo, dà jiā dōu xǐ huan hé tā yì qǐ gōng zuò.
    She gets along with everyone; people all like working with her.
  • ，。
    Tā yīn wèi rén yuán bù hǎo, zài gōng sī lǐ méi shén me péng you.
    Because he doesn't have good rapport with others, he has few friends in the company.
  • 人缘，。
    Xiǎng tí gāo zì jǐ de rén yuán, jiù yào duō guān xīn bié rén.
    If you want to improve your interpersonal rapport, you need to care more about others.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

人rénpeople
缘yuánaffinity

人 (people) and 缘 (affinity) mean affinity among 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.

Open 人 →

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 緣; 缘 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糹Written in full as糸mì
Sound part声符shēngfú
彖
彖tuàn緣⁰yuán
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 緣 puts 糸 (silk) beside 彖, which gives the sound; the simplified 缘 is a later abbreviation.

Open 缘 →
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