粗人 (cū rén) — a rough, unrefined person; boor | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

粗人 describes someone coarse, blunt, and unrefined in manner — often self-deprecating when a speaker admits their own roughness (as in example 2).

noun

a roughunrefined personboor

Measure word · 个

Examples

，粗人。
Tā shuō huà bú kè qi, zhēn xiàng gè cū rén.
He speaks impolitely, really like a boor.
粗人，。
Tā suī rán shì gè cū rén, dàn xīn cháng hěn hǎo.
Although he is a rough fellow, he has a good heart.
粗人。
Tā bù xǐ huan hé cū rén dǎ jiāo dào.
She doesn't like to deal with boors.

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.

粗 conveys roughness and 人 means person, describing someone rough or unrefined.

Characters in this word

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

米且粗

Meaning part形符xíngfú

米米mǐrice

Sound part声符shēngfú

且

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

粗 pairs 米 (rice), which points to its meaning, with 且, which gives a clue to its sound.

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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