Chinese words starting with “ren”
47 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable ren. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 21 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial r · final en · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 2nd tone 26
- 3rd tone 6
- 4th tone 15
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 认为rèn wéiHSK 2
to believe; to think; to consider; to feel
- 任何rèn héHSK 3
any; whatever; whichever; whatsoever
- 认识rèn shiHSK 1
to know; to recognize; to be familiar with; to get acquainted with sb; knowledge; understanding; awareness; cognition
- 人们rén menHSK 2
people
- 任务rèn wuHSK 3
mission; assignment; task; duty; role
- 人员rén yuánHSK 3
staff; crew; personnel
- 人生rén shēngHSK 3
life (one's time on earth)
- 人民rén mínHSK 3
the people
- 认真rèn zhēnHSK 1
conscientious; earnest; serious; to take seriously; to take to heart
- 人类rén lèiHSK 3
humanity; human race; mankind
- 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)
- 人家rén jiāHSK 4
household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be
- 人才rén cáiHSK 3
talent; talented person; looks; attractive looks
- 人口rén kǒuHSK 2
population; people
- 人群rén qúnHSK 3
crowd
- 人数rén shùHSK 2
number of people
- 认可rèn kěHSK 3
to approve; approval; acknowledgment; OK
- 人工rén gōngHSK 3
artificial; manpower; manual work
- 认出rèn chūHSK 3
recognition; to recognize
- 认得rèn deHSK 3
to recognize; to remember sth (or sb) on seeing it; to know
- 人民币rén mín bìHSK 3
Renminbi (RMB); Chinese Yuan (CNY)
All 47 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 人 | rén | n | person; people | |
| 2 | 任 | rèn | v,qv | to assign; to appoint; to take up a post; office; responsibility; to let; to allow; to give free rein to; no matter (how, what etc); classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友) | |
| 3 | 人士 | rén shì | n | person; figure; public figure | |
| 4 | 忍 | rěn | v | to bear; to endure; to tolerate; to restrain oneself | |
| 5 | 认 | rèn | v | to recognize; to know; to admit | |
| 6 | 人体 | rén tǐ | n | human body | |
| 7 | 忍不住 | rěn bu zhù | v | cannot help; unable to bear | |
| 8 | 认定 | rèn dìng | v,vn | to maintain (that sth is true); to determine (a fact); determination (of an amount); of the firm opinion; to believe firmly; to set one's mind on; to identify with | |
| 9 | 忍受 | rěn shòu | v,vn | to bear; to endure | |
| 10 | 人格 | rén gé | n | personality; integrity; dignity | |
| 11 | 人性 | rén xìng | n | human nature; humanity; human; the totality of human attributes | |
| 12 | 人选 | rén xuǎn | n | choice of person; candidate | |
| 13 | 人间 | rén jiān | n | the human world; the earth | |
| 14 | 人质 | rén zhì | n | hostage | |
| 15 | 认同 | rèn tóng | v,vn | to approve of; to endorse; to acknowledge; to recognize; to identify oneself with | |
| 16 | 任意 | rèn yì | d,b | any; arbitrary; at will; at random | |
| 17 | 任命 | rèn mìng | v,vn | to appoint; (job) appointment | |
| 18 | 人力 | rén lì | n | manpower; labor power | |
| 19 | 人情 | rén qíng | n | human emotions; social relationship; friendship; favor; a good turn | |
| 20 | 人权 | rén quán | n | human rights | |
| 21 | 人事 | rén shì | n | personnel; human resources; human affairs; ways of the world; (euphemism) sexuality; the facts of life | |
| 22 | 认证 | rèn zhèng | vn,v | to authenticate; to approve | |
| 23 | 人身 | rén shēn | n | person; personal; human body | |
| 24 | 认知 | rèn zhī | vn,v | cognition; cognitive; understanding; perception; awareness; to be cognizant of; to recognize; to realize | |
| 25 | 人手 | rén shǒu | n | manpower; staff; human hand | |
| 26 | 忍耐 | rěn nài | v,vn | to endure; to bear with; to exercise patience; to restrain oneself; patience; endurance | |
| 27 | 人为 | rén wéi | b,d | artificial; man-made; having human cause or origin; human attempt or effort | |
| 28 | 人造 | rén zào | b | man-made; artificial; synthetic | |
| 29 | 人气 | rén qì | n | popularity; personality; character | |
| 30 | 任职 | rèn zhí | v,vn | to hold a post; to take office | |
| 31 | 任性 | rèn xìng | a,an | willful; headstrong; unruly | |
| 32 | 人品 | rén pǐn | n | moral standing; moral quality; character; personality; appearance; looks (colloquial); bearing | |
| 33 | 人行道 | rén xíng dào | n | sidewalk | |
| 34 | 忍心 | rěn xīn | v | to have the heart to do sth; to steel oneself to a task | |
| 35 | 认错 | rèn cuò | v | to admit an error; to acknowledge one's mistake | |
| 36 | 任期 | rèn qī | n | term of office; tenure (entire period in office) | |
| 37 | 人道 | rén dào | n | human sympathy; humanitarianism; humane; the "human way", one of the stages in the cycle of reincarnation (Buddhism); sexual intercourse | |
| 38 | 仁慈 | rén cí | a | benevolent; charitable; kind; kindly; kindness; merciful | |
| 39 | 人文 | rén wén | n | humanities; human affairs; culture | |
| 40 | 人均 | rén jūn | a | per capita | |
| 41 | 人工智能 | rén gōng zhì néng | n | artificial intelligence (AI) | |
| 42 | 韧性 | rèn xìng | n | toughness | |
| 43 | 任重道远 | rèn zhòng dào yuǎn | v | a heavy load and a long road; fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7) | |
| 44 | 人次 | rén cì | qv | person-times; visits; classifier for number of people participating | |
| 45 | 任人宰割 | rèn rén zǎi gē | v | to get trampled on (idiom); to be taken advantage of | |
| 46 | 忍饥挨饿 | rěn jī ái è | starving; famished | ||
| 47 | 人缘儿 | rén yuán r | erhua variant of 人缘; relations with other people |
+ Save adds a word to your study list. Stored in this browser only, no account needed.