"Human" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 rén xìng human nature / humanity / human / the totality of human attributes
 rén ròu to crowdsource information about sb or sth (typically as a form of vigilantism resulting in doxing) (abbr. for 人肉搜索[ren2 rou4 sou1 suo3]) / human (used attributively, as in 人肉盾牌[ren2 rou4 dun4 pai2], human shield)
 rén lèi fū sè human
 rén lèi humanity / human race / mankind
 rén tǐ human body
 rén jiān the human world / the earth
 rén shì personnel / human resources / human affairs / ways of the world / (euphemism) sexuality / the facts of life
 rén lì zī yuán human resources
 rén wén humanities / human affairs / culture
 rén shēn person / personal / human body
 rén wéi artificial / man-made / having human cause or origin / human attempt or effort
 xìn xī zhōng xīn information center / abbr. for 中國人權民運信息中心|中国人权民运信息中心[Zhong1 guo2 ren2 quan2 min2 yun4 xin4 xi1 zhong1 xin1], Information center for human rights and democracy, Hong Kong
 rén jì human relationships / interpersonal
 rén xìng huà (of a system or product etc) adapted to human needs / people-oriented / user-friendly
 hóng chén the world of mortals (Buddhism) / human society / worldly affairs
 rén shǒu manpower / staff / human hand
 gǔ rén people of ancient times / the ancients / extinct human species such as Homo erectus or Homo neanderthalensis / (literary) deceased person
 kū lóu human skeleton / human skull
 rén lì zī yuán guǎn lǐ human resources management
 rén quán human rights
 rén dào human sympathy / humanitarianism / humane / the "human way", one of the stages in the cycle of reincarnation (Buddhism) / sexual intercourse
 dìng lu:4 scientific law (e.g. law of conservation of energy) / (in human affairs) a generalization based on observation (e.g. "power corrupts")
 rén qíng human emotions / social relationship / friendship / favor / a good turn
 bèi bù back (of a human or other vertebrate, or of an object)
 rén shì bù personnel office / human resources (HR)
 rén mìng human life / CL:條|条[tiao2]
 rù shì to engage with secular society / to involve oneself in human affairs / to join the WTO (abbr. for 加入世界貿易組織|加入世界贸易组织[jia1 ru4 Shi4 jie4 Mao4 yi4 Zu3 zhi1])
 Luó sī Roth, Ross, Rose or Rossi (name) / Kenneth Roth (1955-), executive director of Human Rights Watch 人權觀察|人权观察[Ren2 quan2 Guan1 cha2] / Rus' (as in Kievan Rus' 基輔羅斯|基辅罗斯[Ji1 fu3 Luo2 si1])
 rén xíng human form / human-shaped / humanoid
 rén lèi shè huì human society
 xǐ nù āi lè four types of human emotions, namely: happiness 歡喜|欢喜[huan1 xi3], anger 憤怒|愤怒[fen4 nu4], sorrow 悲哀[bei1 ai1] and joy 快樂|快乐[kuai4 le4]
 rén jū human habitat
 bèi jǐ the back of the human body
 rén yuán shāng wáng human toll
 qián xiōng human chest / breast
 tài yáng xué temple (on the sides of human head)
 jǐ liang (coll.) back (of a human or other vertebrate)
 rén lì zī běn human capital
 rén qíng wèi human warmth / friendliness / human touch
 jǐ bèi back (of a human or other vertebrate)
 rén yān sign of human habitation
 zhí wù rén person in a vegetative state / human vegetable
  human resources development
 rén qín liú gǎn human avian influenza / human bird flu
 guǎi mài human trafficking / to abduct and sell / to kidnap and sell
 kè lóng rén clone human
 rén shì chù human resources department
 shé tóu head of a snake / human smuggler
 hán máo fine hair on the human body
 ài zī bìng dú human immune deficiency virus (HIV) / the AIDS virus
 qī qiào the seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth
 huí chóng roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides), a human parasite
 rén lì zī yuán wǎng Human Resources Network / HR Net
 zhāo lù morning dew / fig. precarious brevity of human life / ephemeral
 yí hái (dead) human remains
 xiǎo bái shǔ white mouse / lab mouse / lab rat / (fig.) human guinea pig
 gǔ rén lèi ancient human species such as Homo erectus and Homo neanderthalensis
 rén tǐ qì guān human organ
 yí gǔ (dead) human remains
 dà fèn human excrement / night soil (human manure traditionally used as agricultural fertilizer)
 lún cháng proper human relationships
 hùn shì mó wáng devil incarnate (idiom) / fiend in human form
 cǎo jiān rén mìng to have disregard for human life (idiom)
 dié luó hàn human pyramid
 xíng hái the human body / skeleton
 Jiā jiā lín Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968), Russian cosmonaut, first human in space
 rén quán fǎ Human Rights law (Hong Kong)
 láng hái wolf child / human child raised by wolves (in legends)
 náo chóng parasitic worm / human pinworm (Enterobius vermicularis)
 rén wén dì lǐ xué human geography
 Liú Xiǎo bō Liu Xiaobo (1955-2017), Beijing writer and human rights activist, organizer of petition Charter 2008 零八憲章|零八宪章[Ling2 ba1 Xian4 zhang1], Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 2010
 lún human relationship / order / coherence
 luò net-like object / to hold sth in place with a net / to wind / to twist / (TCM) channels in the human body
 wō nest / pit or hollow on the human body / lair / den / place / to harbor or shelter / to hold in check / to bend / classifier for litters and broods
 qū human body
 qiào hole / opening / orifice (of the human body) / (fig.) key (to the solution of a problem)
 niè bones of the temple (on the human head) / see 顳顬|颞颥, temple
 zū marshland / swamp / salted or pickled vegetables / to mince / to shred / to mince human flesh and bones / Taiwan pr. [ju1]
 náo parasitic worm / human pinworm (Enterobius vermicularis)
 rú see 顳顬|颞颥, temple (the sides of human head)
 rén zhī cháng qíng human nature (idiom) / a behavior that is only natural
 rén mìng guān tiān human life is beyond value (idiom)
 rén dìng shèng tiān man can conquer nature (idiom) / human wisdom can prevail over nature
 rén shēng rú zhāo lù human life as the morning dew (idiom) / fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
 rén shēng zhāo lù human life as the morning dew (idiom) / fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
 rén miàn shòu xīn human face, beast's heart (idiom) / two-faced / malicious and duplicitous
 qiān lu:4 yī shī reflect a thousand times and you can still make a mistake (idiom) / to err is human
 wēi rú zhāo lù precarious as the morning dew (idiom) / fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
 zhāo lù kè zhì the morning dew will swiftly dissipate (idiom) / fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
 fú yún zhāo lù floating clouds, morning dew (idiom) / fig. ephemeral nature of human existence
 kè xiān zhāo lù the morning dew will swiftly dissipate (idiom) / fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
 kān pò hóng chén to see through the world of mortals (idiom, of Buddhist monk) / disillusioned with human society / to reject the world for a monastic life
 shēn xiān zhāo lù body will go with the morning dew (idiom) / fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
鸿 xuě ní hóng zhǎo a goose's footprint in the snow / vestiges of the past (idiom) / the fleeting nature of human life (idiom)
 rén yān xī shǎo no sign of human habitation (idiom) / desolate
 biǎo zhèng superficial syndrome / illness that has not attacked the vital organs of the human body
 rén lèi miǎn yì quē xiàn bìng dú human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
 Rén quán Guān chá Human Rights Watch (HRW), New York-based non-governmental organization
 róng máo xìng xiàn jī sù human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG)
 rén tǐ jiě pōu xué human anatomy
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