人们

Character by character

• 人rén2 strokesHSK 1man; people; mankind; someone else
• 们men5 strokesHSK 1 traditional 們adjunct pronoun indicate plural

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 人们. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 人rénHSK 1

  person; people

• 我们wǒ menHSK 1

  we; us; ourselves; our

• 他们tā menHSK 1

  they

• 你们nǐ menHSK 1

  you (plural)

• 女人nǚ rénHSK 1

  woman

• 别人bié renHSK 1

  other people; others; other person

• 男人nán rénHSK 1

  a man; a male; men

• 们menHSK 1

  plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals

• 有人yǒu rénHSK 2

  someone; people; anyone; there is someone there; occupied (as in restroom)

• 个人gè rénHSK 3

  individual; personal; oneself

• 人员rén yuánHSK 3

  staff; crew; personnel

• 它们tā menHSK 2

  they (for inanimate objects)

• 她们tā menHSK 1

  they; them (for females)

• 人生rén shēngHSK 3

  life (one's time on earth)

• 人民rén mínHSK 3

  the people

• 人类rén lèiHSK 3

  humanity; human race; mankind

• 病人bìng rénHSK 1

  sick person; patient; invalid

• 咱们zán menHSK 2

  we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to); (dialect) I or me; (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you; also pr. [zá men]

• 人物rén wùHSK 5

  person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc); figure painting (as a genre of traditional Chinese painting)

• 家人jiā rénHSK 1

  family member; (old) servant

• 敌人dí rénHSK 4

  enemy

• 人家rén jiāHSK 4

  household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be

• 人士rén shìHSK 5

  person; figure; public figure

• 夫人fū renHSK 4

  lady; madam; Mrs.