The Chinese word for pedestrian is
行人
xíng rénChinese Definition
pedestrian | |
1. 行人 | |
Components | |
行 | |
1. (literary or dialectal) to walk | |
2. (Cantonese, of a vehicle) to go | |
架 巴士 行 得 好 慢 - the bus goes slowly | |
3. (Cantonese) to navigate | |
落車\落咗車 之 後 點 行 呀? - What do I do after I get off? | |
4. (Cantonese, computing) to run | |
5. to go; to move | |
6. to carry out; to execute | |
7. to perform (a salute) | |
8. OK; good | |
行,就 這麼 定 了。 (Xíng, jiù zhème dìng le.) - OK, it's a deal. | |
9. to be good; to work | |
我 覺得 這 方法 行。 (Wǒ juéde zhè fāngfǎ xíng.) - I think this will work. | |
10. to be good (opposed to bad) (usually in negative sentences, or with (m-lite, zh, sc=Hani, 還)) | |
我 成績 不 行。 (Wǒ chéngjì bù xíng.) - I have bad grades. | |
11. to be able to do something (usually mentioned before) | |
他 能 四 分鐘 跑 一 公里,我 不 行。 (Tā néng sì fēnzhōng pǎo yī gōnglǐ, wǒ bù xíng.) - He can run a kilometre within 4 minutes. I can't (do that). | |
12. (often, sarcastic) remarkable | |
你 真 行。 (Nǐ zhēn xíng.) - You are really something. | |
可還行 (kěháixíng) - | |
13. =====Usage notes===== | |
14. Notice that when meaning “be able to do something”, (lang-lite, zh, sc=Hani, 行) can only be used without a complement. This is different from m-lite, zh, 能, sc=Hani, tr=néng, t=to be able to (do somet | |
15. profession; industry; trade; business | |
16. place for specific transaction | |
銀行háng (yínháng) - bank lit. silver store | |
珠寶行háng (zhūbǎoháng) - jewellery store | |
17. line of objects; row | |
兩 行hong4 字 - two lines of text | |
18. (Mainland) row (in data tables) | |
Synonyms: 列 | |
19. (Taiwan) column (in data tables) | |
Synonyms: 列 | |
20. (Cantonese) Short for 行貨, tr=- | |
21. (Cantonese) coarse; of poor quality; too general | |
22. behaviour; conduct | |
23. skill from monk training | |
道行héng (dàohéng) - monk training | |
24. order; rank | |
25. Used in 樹行子 (row of trees) | |
人 | |
1. man; person; people | |
人類 (rénlèi) - humans | |
那 人 是 誰? (Nà rén shì shéi?) - Who is that person? | |
嗰個 人jan4-2 係 邊個 嚟 㗎? - Who is that person? | |
有人 敲門 了。 (Yǒurén qiāomén le.) - Someone knocked on the door. | |
2. a person associated with a particular identity or trait; -er | |
主持人 (zhǔchírén) - host | |
^北京人 (Běijīngrén) - Beijinger | |
香港人 - Hongkonger | |
3. body | |
人 在 心 不 在 (rén zài xīn bù zài) - the body is here but the heart is not | |
這 兩 天 人 不大 舒服。 (Zhè liǎng tiān rén bùdà shūfú.) - I lit. the body haven't been feeling that well these few days. | |
今天 上午 你 人 在 哪? (Jīntiān shàngwǔ nǐ rén zài nǎ?) - Where have you been this morning? | |
4. everybody; everyone | |
人手.一冊 (rénshǒu yīcè) - It's a bestseller. (lit. Everyone has a copy.) | |
人所共知 (rénsuǒgòngzhī) - common knowledge | |
5. other people; others | |
人云.亦云 (rényún yìyún) - to follow the crowd (lit. to say what others say) | |
害人害己 (hàirénhàijǐ) - to harm others and onself | |
6. physical, psychological or moral quality or condition; character; personality | |
就我所知,他 人 不錯。 (Jiùwǒsuǒzhī, tā rén bùcuò.) - As far as I know, he is kind (lit. his personality is not bad). | |
我 不 知道 他 是 什麼 人。 (Wǒ bù zhīdào tā shì shénme rén.) - I don't know what kind of person he is. | |
佢 到底 係 咩 人 嚟㗎? - Exactly what kind of person is he? | |
7. manpower; worker; employee | |
我們 公司 正 缺 人。 (Wǒmen gōngsī zhèng quē rén.) - Our company is short on manpower right now. | |
8. talent; person of talent | |
9. (obsolete) common people; commoner | |
10. adult; grown-up | |
長zhǎng大 成人 (zhǎngdà chéng'rén) - to grow up to be an adult | |
11. (Cantonese) (used as a dummy pronoun); someone; others | |
12. (Zhao'an Hakka) pluralizes a personal pronoun | |
?人、你人、佢人 (ngài ngìn, ngì ngìn, kì ngìn) - we, you all, they | |
13. (obsolete) sexual intercourse | |
人道 (réndào) - sexual intercourse | |
人事 (rénshì) - sexual intercourse | |
14. (obsolete) company; companion; friend | |
15. artificial; man-made | |
人禍 (rénhuò) - human disaster | |
16. (obsolete) human affairs; ways of the world | |
17. (obsolete) mortal world; earthly word | |
18. (obsolete) Alternative form of sc=Hani, 仁 (kernel, tr=rén) | |
19. (obsolete) Alternative form of sc=Hani, 仁 (charity, tr=rén) | |
20. (obsolete) Alternative form of sc=Hani, 仁 (loving; kind, tr=rén) | |
21. (Beijing) Lenition of rénjia. | |
別 磨蹭ceng 啦,人 在zǎi 外頭tou 等 著着zhe 我們 呢! (Bié móceng la, rén zǎi wàitou děng zhe wǒmen ne!) - Stop dilly-dallying. He/She/They is/are waiting for us outside!, M-UIB | |
哎呀,人 孩子zi 考上shang ^哈佛 ^大學 啦,多 出息xi 呀! (Āiya, rén háizi kǎoshang Hāfó Dàxué la, duō chūxi ya!) - Geez, his/her/their kid got into Harvard University. How promising!, M-UIB | |
人 別人ren 都 不 吱zī聲sheng兒r,就 他 把 這zhèi 事兒r 給 說 出chu來lai 了。 - , M-UIB, Rén biéren dōu bù zīshengr, jiù tā bǎ zhèi shìr gěi shuō chulai le. | |
22. (Taishanese) paternal grandmother |
Translations for 人 and their definitions
行人 | |
1. n. one who walks; pedestrian; foot passenger; passerby | |
注意 行人。 - Watch for pedestrians. | |
2. n. (literary) traveller on foot, or person who goes out to battle (i.e. one who goes on an military expedition) | |
3. n. (historical) envoy; messenger | |
4. n. (historical) official responsible for arranging audiences with the emperor | |
5. n. (obsolete) matchmaker | |
6. v. (Cantonese) to go away |
行者 | |
1. n. (literary) pedestrian; passerby | |
2. n. wandering Buddhist monk |
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