| 尽人皆知 | jìn rén jiē zhī | known by everyone (idiom); well known; a household name |
| 耐人寻味 | nài rén xún wèi | thought-provoking; worth thinking over; to provide food for thought |
| 脍炙人口 | kuài zhì rén kǒu | appealing to the masses; universally appreciated (idiom) |
| 人民党 | rén mín dǎng | People's party (of various countries) |
| 公诉人 | gōng sù rén | district attorney; public prosecutor; procurator |
| 愚人 | yú rén | stupid person; ignoramus |
| 治病救人 | zhì bìng jiù rén | cure the sickness to save the patient; criticize a person in order to help him |
| 良人 | liáng rén | husband (arch.) |
| 不可告人 | bù kě gào rén | hidden; kept secret; not to be divulged |
| 人民阵线 | rén mín zhèn xiàn | popular front |
| 完人 | wán rén | perfect person |
| 从业人员 | cóng yè rén yuán | employee; person employed in a trade or profession |
| 狂人日记 | kuáng rén rì jì | Diary of a madman by Lu Xun 鲁迅 |
| 人氏 | rén shì | native; person from a particular place |
| 人民警察 | rén mín jǐng chá | civil police; PRC police |
| 人浮于事 | rén fú yú shì | more hands than needed (idiom); too many cooks spoil the broth |
| 安人 | ān rén | to pacify the people; landlady (old); wife of 员外, landlord |
| 收件人 | shōu jiàn rén | recipient (of mail); To: (email header) |
| 有心人 | yǒu xīn rén | resolute person; person with aspirations; people who feel; people who use their heads |
| 有色人种 | yǒu sè rén zhǒng | colored races |
| 自欺欺人 | zì qī qī rén | to deceive others and to deceive oneself; to believe one's own lies |
| 闲人 | xián rén | idle person; idler; unconcerned person; dle person |
| 头面人物 | tóu miàn rén wù | leading figure; bigwig |
| 词人 | cí rén | writer of 词 (a kind of classical Chinese poem); person of literary talent |
| 人员 | rén yuán | staff; crew; personnel; CL:个 |
| 人均 | rén jūn | per capita |
| 猿人 | yuán rén | ape man |
| 目中无人 | mù zhōng wú rén | to consider everyone else beneath one (idiom); so arrogant that no-one else matters; condescending; to go about with one's nose in the air |
| 盲人 | máng rén | blind person |
一人得道, 鸡犬升天 | yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān | lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom); fig. to ride on sb else's success; Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too; Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it |
| 一个人 | yī gè rén | alone |
| 一家人 | yī jiā rén | household; the whole family |
| 一般人 | yī bān rén | average person |
| 一鸣惊人 | yī míng jīng rén | to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity |
| 三人口气 | sān rén kǒu qì | third person (grammar) |
| 三人成虎 | sān rén chéng hǔ | three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact |
三人行, 则必有我师 | sān rén xíng , zé bì yǒu wǒ shī | If three walk together, one of them can teach me sth (Confucius) |
三人行, 必有我师 | sān rén xíng , bì yǒu wǒ shī | lit. If three walk together, one should be my teacher (idiom, from Confucian analects). You have sth to learn from everyone.; also translated as: If three of us walk together, at least one of the other two is good enough to be my teacher. |
| 三个女人一个墟 | sān gè nǚ rén yī gè xū | three women makes a crowd |
| 三个女人一台戏 | sān ge nǚ rén yī tái xì | three women are enough for a drama (idiom) |
| 不人道 | bù rén dào | inhuman |
| 不令人鼓舞 | bù lìng rén gǔ wǔ | discouraging; disheartening |
| 不以人废言 | bù yǐ rén fèi yán | not to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on the merits of the case rather than preference between advisers |
| 不恤人言 | bù xù rén yán | not to worry about the gossip (idiom); to do the right thing regardless of what others say |
| 不为人知 | bù wéi rén zhī | not known to anyone; secret; unknown |
| 不省人事 | bù xǐng rén shì | to lose consciousness; unconscious; in a coma |
| 不足为外人道 | bù zú wéi wài rén dào | no use to tell others; let's keep this between ourselves (idiom) |
| 不近人情 | bù jìn rén qíng | not amenable to reason; unreasonable |
| 世界人权宣言 | Shì jiè Rén quán Xuān yán | Universal Declaration of Human Rights |
| 中国人 | Zhōng guó rén | Chinese person |