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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

善人

shànrén

philanthropist

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

philanthropist

02

charitable person

03

well-doer

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 善人 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 善人 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

汤姆不是个善人。tāng mǔ bú shì gè shàn rén。

Tom is not a friendly guy.

善人爱万民,恶人无人爱。shàn rén ài wàn mín, è rén wú rén ài。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 善人.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 善人.

Directly before

  • 个善人1

Directly after

  • 善人爱1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 善人

What does 善人 mean in Chinese?

善人 (shànrén) means philanthropist.

How do you pronounce 善人?

善人 is pronounced shànrén.

Is 善人 an HSK word?

善人 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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