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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 人物

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
人物 rén wù - person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance)
- character (in a play, novel etc)
- (genre of traditional Chinese painting) figure painting

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
5 5 1,400 1,425 2,462

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
rén- person; people
- CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- (bound form) thing
- (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself

Other Words Containing 人物

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
人物 5 5 1,400 1,425 2,462
小人物 - - 12,331 21,714 14,525
风云人物 - - 29,752 27,026 33,059
头面人物 - - 64,563 68,057 -
反面人物 - - 69,197 - -